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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.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
[The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and
majority votes, but by blood and iron.
[The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and
majority votes, but by blood and iron.
Sublime Philosophy!
Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
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Sublime Philosophy!
Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
We see thee like the patriarch, but in dreams,
By the first step,--dull slumbering on the earth.
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can read more
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical.
[Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]
To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical.
[Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]
