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…a few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called ‘critical philosophy’ and to the theory of read more
…a few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called ‘critical philosophy’ and to the theory of knowledge or epistemology. This class of workers I call epistemologists to avoid the disagreeable implications of the term ‘philosopher’.
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.
If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.
The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.