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The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.
It is easy to build a philosophy--it doesn't have to run.
It is easy to build a philosophy--it doesn't have to run.
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
He who has a why can endure any how
He who has a why can endure any how
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle read more
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
Before philosophy can teach by Experience, the Philosophy has to
be in readiness, the Experience must be gathered and read more
Before philosophy can teach by Experience, the Philosophy has to
be in readiness, the Experience must be gathered and intelligibly
recorded.
Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,
And had read ev'ry text and gloss over
Whate'er the crabbed'st read more
Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,
And had read ev'ry text and gloss over
Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath,
He understood b' implicit faith.
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.