Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world. —ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
“Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV”
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“The fact that religious faith has left its mark on every aspect of our civilization is not an argument in its favor, nor can any particular faith be exonerated simply because certain of its adherents made foundational contributions to human culture.”
― The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
― The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
“Some philosophers hold that philosophy is what you do to a problem until it’s clear enough to solve it by doing science. Others hold that if a philosophical problem succumbs to empirical methods, that shows it wasn’t really philosophical to begin with.”
― RePresentations: Philosophical Essays on the Foundations of Cognitive Science
― RePresentations: Philosophical Essays on the Foundations of Cognitive Science
“If you could blow the brain up to the size of a mill and walk about inside, you would not find consciousness.”
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“Trust to yourself; let our own eyes determine;
Be they our tripods, oracles, and gods.”
― Oedipe de Corneille et Oedipe de Voltaire
Be they our tripods, oracles, and gods.”
― Oedipe de Corneille et Oedipe de Voltaire
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