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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.
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
The question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within.
The question to everyone's answer is usually asked from within.
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
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.
