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Vaclav Havel: As soon as...

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As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it.

Source: Disturbing the Peace, ch. 1 (1986; tr. 1990).
-- Vaclav Havel, (Oct 5 1936-2011), Czech playwright, poet, politician; He was a prominent playwright and political dissident under communism, who eventually served as the president of Czechoslovakia, 1989-92.


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