“ Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea. ”
George Orwell, Coming Up for Air (1939). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
|---|---|
| Source | Coming Up for Air |
| Topic | power ideas |
| Date | 1939 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200031.txt |
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“It struck me that perhaps a lot of the people you see walking about are dead. We say that a man's dead when his heart stops and not before. It seems a bit arbitrary. After all, parts of your body don't stop working--hair goes on growing for years, for instance. Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea. Old Porteous is like that. Wonderfully learned, wonderfully good taste--but he's not capable of change. Just says the same things and thinks the same thoughts over and over again. There are a lot of people like that.”
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