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I'm still reading the biography of Fourier. I'm trying to hold my tongue until I've finished.
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bravecows:
"To the discerning eye, wrote Fourier, it was evident that the elephant embodied the four affective passions in their virtuous forms. The elephant was a devoted, but not servile, friend, a discreet and constant lover, a creature of large aims and ambitions, and a doting parent who was too responsible to bear children in captivity."
But for now a quote for
bravecows:"To the discerning eye, wrote Fourier, it was evident that the elephant embodied the four affective passions in their virtuous forms. The elephant was a devoted, but not servile, friend, a discreet and constant lover, a creature of large aims and ambitions, and a doting parent who was too responsible to bear children in captivity."