“The whole is a riddle, an enigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspense of judgment appear the only result of...
“The whole is a riddle, an enigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspense of judgment appear the only result of...
philosophybits: “It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.” — Voltaire, Zadig
thirdity: “There is an art of listening. To be able really to listen, one should abandon or put aside all...
philosophybits: “True sensibility, the sensibility which is the auxiliary of virtue, and the soul of genius, is in society so...
“I was walking about in Cambridge and passed a bookshop, and in the window were portraits of Russell, Freud and...
[Revised entry by Christian Wildberg and Tommaso De Robertis on January 31, 2026. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] John Philoponus,...
philosophybits: “For man holds his ground only by surpassing himself, in the same sense in which it is said that...
“Do not at all hold back trust … wherever there is a channel for understanding, but understand each thing in...