“It is often said that the separation of the present reality from transcendence, so commonplace today, is pernicious in that it undermines the universe of fixed values. Because life on Earth is the only thing that exists, because it is only in this life that we can seek fulfillment, the only kind of happiness that can be offered to us is purely carnal. Heavens have not revealed anything to us; there are no signs that would indicate the need to devote ourselves to some higher, nonmaterial goals. […] Our own body, with its youth, is the last remaining god on the ever-emptying altars; no one else needs to be obeyed and served.”
– Stanisław Lem, Summa Technologiae (via thirdity)
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