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title: 'The Book of Disquiet'
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date: '2026-09-24'
description: '"From my abstention from collaborating in the existence of the external world there arises, among other things, a curious psychological phenomenon. Abstaining internally from action, detaching myself from Things, I am able to see the external world—whenever I turn my attention to it—with perfect ob…'
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# The Book of Disquiet

"From my abstention from collaborating in the existence of the external world there arises, among other things, a curious psychological phenomenon. Abstaining internally from action, detaching myself from Things, I am able to see the external world—whenever I turn my attention to it—with perfect objectivity. Since nothing interests me or gives me any reason to alter it, I do not alter it."

Fernando Pessoa’s **The Book of Disquiet**.

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