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Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which op

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. – John Berger

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One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. – John Berger

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Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that critical opinion is often orphaned in the present. – John Berger

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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. – John Berger

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