Quotes about Philosophy

And it may even be that in the end all problems are spiritual problems.

The world you live in is shored up by a collective of agreements. Is that something you think about? The hope is that the truth of the world somehow lies in the common experience of it. Of course the history of science and mathematics and even philosophy is a good bit at odds with this notion. Innovation and discovery by definition war against the common understanding. One should be wary.

That the deep foundation of the world be considered where it has its being in the sorrow of her creatures.

What is true of one man, said the judge, is true of many.

All reality is loss and all loss is eternal. There is no other kind.

The laws of mathematics supposedly derive from the rules of logic. But there is no argument for the rules of logic that does not presuppose them.

Where do we go when we die? he said. I dont know, the man said. Where are we now?

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on somethin that was eatin you.

But one's convictions as to the nature of reality must also represent one's limitations as to the perception of it. And then I just stopped worrying about it. I accepted the fact that I would die without really knowing where it was that I had been and that was okay. Well. Almost.

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on somethin that was eatin you. Yessir.

You think that nuclear war is inevitable. I agree with Plato that only the dead have seen an end to war. And people dont fight with rocks when they have guns. Etcetera and so on.

Man is a mistake. He must go.