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Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
Why should not grave Philosophy be styled.
Herself, a dreamer of a kindred stock,
A dreamer, yet read more
Why should not grave Philosophy be styled.
Herself, a dreamer of a kindred stock,
A dreamer, yet more spiritless and dull?
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
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.]
... I believe the best test of a model is how well can the modeler answer the questions what do read more
... I believe the best test of a model is how well can the modeler answer the questions what do you know now that you did not know before? and how can you find out if it is true?
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
