philosophy

"The King's daughter didn't talk to me any more about military matters at the time, because she was afraid of being discovered alone with me early in the morning. The reason was not that immodesty is a…"

"Theologically, man is to be understood as the final purpose of the creation; placed on the globe as the masterpiece of the works of Omnipotence, contemplating the world by virtue of sapient reason, fo…"

"A God who fits within the confines of our conception is useless. God cannot be comprehended by man's conception or logic. God is an eternal being who transcends the framework of man's limited logic."

"The great error of the wisest known nations of antiquity, the Greeks and Romans, was the preference invariable given to the imagined interests of an imaginary existence called the state or country, an…"

"We are like creatures so dazzled with our own technological prowess that we no longer think it necessary to consider the obvious."

"Her voice was completely English. For some reason I had expected a foreign accent; but I could place this exactly. It was my own; product of boarding school, university, the accent of what a sociologi…"

"I am so used to plunging into the unknown that any other surroundings and form of existence strike me as exotic and unsuitable for human beings."

"So many times I’ve made myself stupid with the fear of being outsmarted."

"170. Hell is full of good meanings and wishings."

"Cicero" article by Edward Clayton in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy"

"Prince Albert has definitely set Monaco on a sports path and I think that’s amazing. So many sportspeople live here and it’s not just for tax reasons. If you go to the stadium, you have every sport fr…"

"The erotic instinct is something questionable, and will always be so whatever a future set of laws may have to say on the matter. It belongs, on the one hand, to the original animal nature of man, whi…"

"Guy Longworth on J.L. Austin and Ordinary Language", Philosophy Bites interview"

"New Democrats will continue to propose ideas that put Canadians families first, and push for real action to ensure families aren't being left behind in this economy. The question we have for Stephen H…"

"Here information and philosophies were exchanged, together with all manner of goods. This was a court whose energies were not devoted to maintaining itself unchanged for eternity, but to every kind of…"

"Even if the Heaven and Earth were destroyed, the Universal Reason would still be there."

"An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all."

"Like all reasonable people, I hate all Muslims. Except for the ones I've met, who seem fine."

"What we can’t do is demand that the universe scratch our explanatory itches. Curiosity is a virtue, and it’s good to look for answers to “Why?” questions whenever we might be able to find them, or whe…"

"Entry about Eckhart in the Encyclopedia of Philosophy"