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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.

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Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)

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No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand read more

No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. - Spinster.

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He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.

He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.

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The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

by Denis Diderot Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.

That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.

by John Milton Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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... I believe the best test of a model is how well can the modeler answer the questions what do read more

... I believe the best test of a model is how well can the modeler answer the questions what do you know now that you did not know before? and how can you find out if it is true?

by Jim Bower Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is read more

How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
Where no crude surfeit reigns.

by John Milton Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

by Henry Brooks Adams Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, read more

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. - The Upton Letters.

by A. C. Benson Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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