Who said this?
It is so easy to say “we” and bow our heads together.
I must say “I” alone and bow my head alone
for it is I alone who is living my life.
I have beloved companions
but they do not eat nor sleep for me
and even they must say “I.”
Who said this?
It is so easy to say “we” and bow our heads together.
I must say “I” alone and bow my head alone
for it is I alone who is living my life.
I have beloved companions
but they do not eat nor sleep for me
and even they must say “I.”
lol, Dylan is a nozickean
I see what you mean; but the Anthem connection seems still closer.
I didn’t manage to guess this right at all. I thought it was Zamayatin!
I found it interesting/amusing that in a passage before the one you quote, “the author” expresses indignation at the idea of a collective guilt:
Would Rand have disagreed? About a year before “the author” wrote that, Ayn Rand had written:
Would “the author” have disagreed?
Can you imagine a conversation between the two of them on this topic?