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Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts...
Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts...
He who allows oppression shares the crime.
He who allows oppression shares the crime.
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him read more
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be read more
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong...
Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.
Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.
For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and
aversation towards society in any man, hath read more
For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and
aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the
savage beast.
Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.
Men have ascribed to God imperfections that they would deplore in themselves.
The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, read more
The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can.