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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.
That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.
That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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.
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.
Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
[Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.]
Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
[Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.]
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)
Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.
Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all read more
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
