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Stanislaw Lem Quotes about Age

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The age-old faith of lovers and poets in the power of love, stronger than death, that Finis vitae sed non amoris, is a lie, useless and not even funny.

The age-old faith of lovers and poets in the power of love, stronger than death, that Finis vitae sed non amoris, is a lie, useless and not even funny.

Stanislaw Lem
Lying, Age, Stronger
"Solaris". Book by Stanisław Lem. Chapter 14: "The Old Mimoid", p. 204, 1961.

Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him.

Stanislaw Lem
Men, Age, Doe
"Solaris". Book by Stanisław Lem, translated by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox. Chapter 14: "The Old Mimoid", p. 198, 1961.

Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him. Man can serve his age or rebel against it, but the target of his cooperation or rebellion comes to him from outside.

Stanislaw Lem
Men, Age, Rebel
"Solaris". Book by Stanisław Lem, translated by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox. Chapter 14: "The Old Mimoid", p. 198, 1970.

Solaristics, wrote Muntius, is a substitute for religion in the space age. It is faith wrapped in the cloak of science; contact, the goal for which we are striving, is as vague and obscure as communion with the saints or the coming of the Messiah.

Stanislaw Lem
Space, Goal, Age

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