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“ On Major Depression, quoted by the great William Styron of Sophie's Choice & Darkness Visible:From Darkness Visible, William StyronIt is a positive and active anguish, a sort of psychical neuralgia, wholly unknown to normal life. ”

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E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

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A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

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In De Rerum Natura, Lucretius pointed out a very central truth concerning the examined life. That is, that the man of science who concerns himself solely with science, who cannot enjoy and be enriched by art, is a misshapen man. An incomplete man.

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The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be borne. The prevention of many suicides will continue to be hindered until there is a general awareness of the nature of this pain.

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