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"For I believe that part of knowledge is its desire to show itself and its refusal to put up with a merely hidden existence. I find mute knowledge dangerous, for it grows ever more mute and ultimately secret, and must then avenge itself for being secret."

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About Elias Canetti

Elias Canetti was a Bulgarian-born writer in the German language and the winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature. His notable works include Auto-da-Fe and the study Crowds and Power.

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