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Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by
category-disciplines.
Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by
category-disciplines.
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.
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.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the read more
If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the A-B-C of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he read more
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was.
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.
