
“Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!”
All Gall Is Divided (1952)
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XLVII: On master and slave
“Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!”
All Gall Is Divided (1952)
Comment on "I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA", November 13, 2011 http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/mateq/i_am_neil_degrasse_tyson_ama/c2zg9lk,
2010s
[paraphrasing the view of Seneca], p. 34.
The Art of Life (2008)
Essay on the Principle of Population (1798; rev. through 1826)
In shock poll, Libertarian Johnson beats Trump among economists (August 23, 2016)
Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes (1990), Approaching Abortion Anew
“Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know.”
1950s, Unpopular Essays (1950)
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 29
Context: The Professor of Philosophy has made a mistake. He's wasted his disciplinary authority on an innocent student while Phædrus, the guilty one, the hostile one, is still at large. And getting larger and larger. Since he has asked no questions there is now no way to cut him down. And now that he sees how the questions will be answered he's certainly not about to ask them.
The innocent student stares down at the table, face red, hands shrouding his eyes. His shame becomes Phædrus' anger. In all his classes he never once talked to a student like that. So that's how they teach classics at the University of Chicago. Phædrus knows the Professor of Philosophy now. But the Professor of Philosophy doesn't know Phædrus.