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The philosopher Didactylos has summed up an alternative hypothesis as, “Things just happen, what the hell.”
—Narrator, Hogfather; Terry Pratchett (1996)
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The philosopher Didactylos has summed up an alternative hypothesis as, “Things just happen, what the hell.”
—Narrator, Hogfather; Terry Pratchett (1996)
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"I thought it would be all over when Vorbis was dead."
Didactylos stared into his inner world.
"It takes a long time for people like Vorbis to die. They leave echoes in history."
"I know what you mean."
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
"You are the...perpetrator?" said Vorbis.
"Indeed. Didactylos is my name."
"You are blind?"
"Only so far as vision is concerned, my lord."
"Yet you carry a lantern," said Vorbis. "Doubtless for some catchword reason. Probably you'll tell me you're looking for an honest man?"
"I don't know, my lord. Perhaps you could tell me what he looks like?"
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“I’m reminded of the time when old Prince Lasgere of Tsort asked me how he could become learned, especially since he hadn’t got any time for this reading business. I said to him, ‘There is no royal road to learning, sire,’ and he said to me, ‘Bloody well build one or I shall have your legs chopped off. Use as many slaves as you like.’ A refreshingly direct approach, I always thought. Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words.”
— Didactylos the philosopher, in Small Gods
"What to take? What to take?" shouted Urn.
"We don't need Grido's Mechanics, said Didactylos. [...]
"Principles of gearing! Theory of water expansion!" shouted Urn. "but we don't need Ibid's Civics or Gnomon's Ectopia, that's for sure--"
"What? They belong to all mankind!" snapped Didactylos.
"Then if all mankind will come and help us carry them, that's fine," said Urn. "But if it's just the two of us, I prefer to carry something useful."
"Useful? Books on mechanisms?"
"Yes! They can show people how to live better!"
"And these show people how to be people," said Didactylos.
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
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“Things just happen. What the hell.”
— Didactylos the philosopher
“We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.”
-Didactylos, in Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods
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