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Currently reading.... So far so British boring. I don't expect it to get any better. I was duped by the mention of Proust on front pull quote
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"Fantastic essay by Sybil Wolfram (mother of Stephen) nuancing differences between asserting, saying, believing true or not true propositions. As Richard showed (and Priest too) philosophy runs aground on the rocks of real-world usages. We CAN countenance contradictions. p and not p, p and q." — Nov 30, 2013 03:13PM
"Fantastic essay by Sybil Wolfram (mother of Stephen) nuancing differences between asserting, saying, believing true or not true propositions. As Richard showed (and Priest too) philosophy runs aground on the rocks of real-world usages. We CAN countenance contradictions. p and not p, p and q." — Nov 30, 2013 03:13PM
“Do you want to go along with others? or go on ahead? or go off on your own?...you must know what you want and that you want. Fourth question for the conscience.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
“Are you one who looks on? or lends a hand? - or who looks away, sidles off?...Third question for the conscience.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
“I died as mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was human,
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
Yet once more I shall die human,
To soar with angels blessed above.
And when I sacrifice my angel soul
I shall become what no mind ever conceived.
As a human, I will die once more,
Reborn, I will with the angels soar.
And when I let my angel body go,
I shall be more than mortal mind can know.”
―
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was human,
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?
Yet once more I shall die human,
To soar with angels blessed above.
And when I sacrifice my angel soul
I shall become what no mind ever conceived.
As a human, I will die once more,
Reborn, I will with the angels soar.
And when I let my angel body go,
I shall be more than mortal mind can know.”
―
“I am my own heir.”
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“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”
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