Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms
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Leopards break in¬to the tem¬ple and drink all the sac¬ri¬fi¬cial ves¬sels dry; it keeps hap¬pen¬ing; in the end, it can be cal¬cu¬lat¬ed in ad¬vance and is in¬cor¬po¬rat¬ed in¬to the rit¬ual.
— Franz Kafka on Ritual
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Leopards break in¬to the tem¬ple and drink all the sac¬ri¬fi¬cial ves¬sels dry; it keeps hap¬pen¬ing; in the end, it can be cal¬cu¬lat¬ed in ad¬vance and is in¬cor¬po¬rat¬ed in¬to the rit¬ual." in the context of "Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a Bohemian-Jewish novelist, and one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century.
About Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a Bohemian-Jewish novelist, and one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century.
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