"The dog is amazed by the gramophone, but he is not surprised by the human voice, by the manifestation of life in him, in the elephant, in the horses, even the fly, he knows that there are other creatures like him, separated from each other. The fly and the louse know about the existence of the fly and the louse, but they don't know about that of man. Man does not know this about the globe. And the globe does not know this about...etc.
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The dog is amazed by the gramophone, but he is not surprised by the human voice, by the manifestation of life in him, in the elephant, in the horses, even the fly, he knows that there are other creatures like him, separated from each other. The fly and the louse know about the existence of the fly and the louse, but they don't know about that of man. Man does not know this about the globe. And the globe does not know this about...etc.
""Câinele e uimit de gramofon, dar nu se mira de vocea omului, de manifestarea vieții în el, în elefant, în cai, ăn muscă, știe că există și alte făpturi ca el, separate între ele. Musca și păduchele știu despre existența muștei și paduchelui, dar nu știu despre cea a omului. Omul nu știe asta despre globul pământesc. Iar globul pământesc nu știe asta despre... ș.a.m.d."