absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such.
For him, scepticism is the highest of duties:
blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
Friday 26 February 2016
Thursday 25 February 2016
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt,
and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
Wednesday 24 February 2016
Tuesday 23 February 2016
The sun,
with all those planets revolving around it
and dependent on it,
can still ripen a bunch of grapes
as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
Monday 22 February 2016
Sunday 21 February 2016
What is the first business of philosophy?
To part with self-conceit.
For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn
what he thinks that he already knows.
Saturday 20 February 2016
Friday 19 February 2016
Observations always involve theory.
Thursday 18 February 2016
Wednesday 17 February 2016
The point of philosophy
is to start with something so simple
as not to seem worth stating,
and to end with something so paradoxical
that no one will believe it.
Tuesday 16 February 2016
Monday 15 February 2016
Men love to wonder,
and that is the seed of science.
Sunday 14 February 2016
Saturday 13 February 2016
Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum
quia dolor sit amet,
consectetur,
adipisci velit.
There is no one who loves pain itself,
who seeks after it and wants to have it,
simply because it is pain.
Friday 12 February 2016
Thursday 11 February 2016
Virtue is nothing else than right reason.
Wednesday 10 February 2016
Tuesday 9 February 2016
Happiness is the highest good.
Monday 8 February 2016
Sunday 7 February 2016
If you would be a real seeker after truth,
it is necessary that at least once in your life
you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Saturday 6 February 2016
Friday 5 February 2016
It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,