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The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.
The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.
You see things; and you say, "Why"; But I dream things that never
were; and I say, "Why not?"
You see things; and you say, "Why"; But I dream things that never
were; and I say, "Why not?"
The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our
difference: to be in hell is to drift: to read more
The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our
difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to
steer.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious.
No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
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.]
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
