
“Is it not unsettling to consider the blind unlikelihoods that shape one’s fate?”
Source: A Quest for Simbilis (1974), Chapter 7, “The Stronghold of Simbilis” (p. 134)
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“Is it not unsettling to consider the blind unlikelihoods that shape one’s fate?”
Source: A Quest for Simbilis (1974), Chapter 7, “The Stronghold of Simbilis” (p. 134)
“Would you really know what philosophy offers to humanity? Philosophy offers counsel.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XLVII: On master and slave
Source: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
“In my view all salvation for philosophy may be expected to come from Darwin's theory”
"Theoretical Physics and Philosophical Problems, Selected Writings", Ludwig Boltzmann, ed. B. McGuinness, 1974, p. 193
“If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.”
Source: Jacques Lipchitz: The Artist at Work, 1966, p. 199
Essay on the Principle of Population (1798; rev. through 1826)