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The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.
[The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and
majority votes, but by blood and iron.
[The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and
majority votes, but by blood and iron.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
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.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
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 a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.
Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.
