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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by
category-disciplines.
Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by
category-disciplines.
Facts often contradict with truths.
Facts often contradict with truths.
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.]
