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The disgust with the world which Shankara regards as one of the four essential qualities for the Quest, or dispassion as it is sometimes translated, must also include disgust with humanity. Therefore, if it leads a man to seek a solitary existence in order to find what the world's influences obstruct, he ought not to be blamed.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 5 : Solitude > # 141