"I have never had any feeling of descent from a father and mother, I have never felt that I was born of parents. A dislike of everything ancestral is a characteristic trait of mine. I do not love the family and family life, and I am struck by the attachment of the Western peoples to the family principle..."
Nikolai Berdyaev. "Self-Knowledge"
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
