Saturday 31 March 2012

Mathematics is, I believe, the chief source of the belief in eternal and exact truth, 
as well as the super-sensible intelligible world. 
 Geometry deals with exact circles, but no sensible object is exactly circular; 
however carefully we may use our compasses, there will be some imperfections and irregularities. 
 This suggests the view that all exact reasoning applies to ideal as opposed to sensible objects; 
it is natural to go further and to argue that thought is nobler than sense, 
and the objects of thought are more real than those of sense-perception.

Friday 30 March 2012

Thursday 29 March 2012

Mathematical knowledge appeared to be certain, exact, 
and applicable to the real world; 
moreover it was obtained by mere thinking, 
without the need for observation. 
 Consequently, it was thought to supply an ideal, 
from which every-day empirical knowledge fell short. 
 It was supposed, on the basis of mathematics, 
that thought is superior to sense, 
intuition to observation.

Wednesday 28 March 2012

Tuesday 27 March 2012

The sparkle in your eyes
Keeps me alive
And the sparkle in your eyes
Keeps me alive, keeps me alive

The fire in your eyes
Keeps me alive
And the fire in your eyes
Keeps me alive

Monday 26 March 2012

Sunday 25 March 2012

Any hypothesis, however absurd, may be useful in science, 
if it enables a discoverer to conceive things in a new way; 
but … when it has served this purpose by luck
it is likely to become an obstacle to further advance.

Saturday 24 March 2012

Friday 23 March 2012

The distinction between mind and matter, 
which has become a commonplace in philosophy and science and popular thought, 
has a religious origin, 
and began as the distinction between soul and body. 
The Orphic proclaims himself the child of earth and of the starry heaven; 
from earth comes the body, 
from heaven the soul.

Thursday 22 March 2012

Wednesday 21 March 2012

The pursuit of truth, when it is whole-hearted, must ignore moral considerations; 
we cannot know in advance that the truth will turn out to be what is thought edifying in a given society.

Tuesday 20 March 2012

Monday 19 March 2012

When an intelligent man expresses a view which seems to us obviously absurd,
we should not attempt to prove that it is somehow true,
but we should try to understand how it ever came to seem true.

Sunday 18 March 2012

Saturday 17 March 2012

Friday 16 March 2012

Happy life and merciful death

Thursday 15 March 2012

Wednesday 14 March 2012

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Tuesday 13 March 2012

Monday 12 March 2012

I never think of myself as wise. 
I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence 
which I intend to allow to operate.

Sunday 11 March 2012

Saturday 10 March 2012

My soul, do not seek eternal life, 
but exhaust the realm of the possible.

Friday 9 March 2012

Thursday 8 March 2012

And just when you mean to tell her 
That you have no love to give her 
Then she gets you on her wavelength 
And she lets the river answer 
That you've always been her lover 
And you want to travel with her 
And you want to travel blind 
And you know that she will trust you 
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Tuesday 6 March 2012

One thing I have learned in a long life: 
that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike 
and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

Monday 5 March 2012

Sunday 4 March 2012

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

Saturday 3 March 2012

Friday 2 March 2012

Thursday 1 March 2012

Wise men speak because they have something to say; 
Fools because they have to say something.