H.P Lovecraft
- New Dark Age
The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
Gustave Le Bon
- Era of Crowds
While all our ancient beliefs are tottering and disappearing, while the old pillars of society are giving way one by one, the power of the crowd is the only force that nothing menaces, and of which the prestige is continually on the increase.
Anonymous
- The Nature of Nature
It seems rather strange that the world is moving on passively, even if we do or don't think about it. Inventions will be made, deaths will occur, stars will die and form. It's the passiveness with which nature proceeds that makes it a thing. Without us conscious observers, nature is just grinding along like a machine.
Anonymous
- The Good and the Bad of nature.
I've always thought there is no morality in nature. I think I read this in a book somewhere. The concept is that there is no good or bad in nature. Nature always is. What is "good" is if a thing that follows it's laws. What is "bad" breaks the laws. Can you eat that delicious burger? Of course! Can you push that door just using your 'telekinetic' powers? You just currently can't, unless technology finds a way. In that sense, only good things happen in nature.
