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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.
O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and
expeller of vices! What could we and every age of read more
O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and
expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been
without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men
scattered about into the social enjoyment of life.
[Lat., O vitae philosophia dux! O virtutis indagatrix,
expultrixque vitiorum! Quid non modo nos, sed omnino vita
hominum sine et esse potuisset? Tu urbes peperisti; tu
dissipatos homines in societatum vitae convocasti.]
That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.
That stone, . . .
Philosophers in vain so long have sought.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
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.
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old
Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old
The question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within.
The question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within.
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.
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
