To know something is to make this something that I know myself; but to avail myself of it, to dominate it, it has to remain distinct from myself. (Miguel de Unamuno)

To know something is to make this something that I know myself; but to avail myself of it, to dominate it, it has to remain distinct from myself.

Miguel de Unamuno

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