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.
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Philosophy is the science which considers truth
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
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.
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 philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar read more
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. - Memories and Milestones.
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.
Every clarification breeds new questions.
Every clarification breeds new questions.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, read more
I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. - The Upton Letters.
