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I Do Not Know Whether I Was Then A Man Dreaming I Was A Butterfly, Or Whether I Am Now A Butterfly Dreaming I Am A Man.
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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a
butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
-- Chuang-tzu
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I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
-- Chang-tzu...
Quote #496 "I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
-- Chang-tzu [Needed to understand a certain chapter title in a certain book by a certain well-known SF author....
Grand Master Turing once dreamed that he was a machine.
When he awoke he exclaimed: "I don't know whether I am Turing dreaming that I am a machine, or a machine dreaming that I am Turing!...
I embrace emerging experience. I participate in discovery.
I am a butterfly. I am not a butterfly collector. -- William Stafford...
Chuang Tzu dreamt he was a butterfly and did not know, when he awoke, if he was a man who had dreamt he was a butterfly or a butterfly who now dreamt he was a man.
Once Chuang Chou dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased.
He didn't know he was Chuang Chou. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakeable Chuang Chou....
I know, I know... I'm dreaming.
I am man, I am okay!
Concerning the gods, I am not able to know to a certainty whether they exist or not.
For there are many things which prevent one from knowing, especially the obscurity of the subject, and the shortness of the life of man....