From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Most propositions and questions that have been written about philosophical matters are not false, but senseless. We can not, therefore, answer questions of this kind at all, but only state their senselessness. Most questions and propositions of the philosophers result from the fact that we do not understand the logic of ourContinue reading “Quote of the day 11/20/24”
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Quote of the day 11/19/24
From Gaston Bachelard: “A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.”
Quote of the day 11/18/24
From Marcus Aurelius: “We should remember that even Nature’s inadvertence has its own charm, its own attractiveness. The way loaves of bread split open on top in the oven; the ridges are just by-products of the baking, and yet pleasing, somehow: they rouse our appetite without our knowing why.Or how ripe figs begin to burst.AndContinue reading “Quote of the day 11/18/24”
Quote of the day 11/17/24
From Gaston Bachelard: “Daydreams transport the dreamer outside the immediate world to a world that bears the mark of infinity.”
Quote of the day 11/16/24
From Gaston Bachelard: “A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.”
Quote of the day 11/15/24
From Gaston Bachelard: “Poetry is one of the destinies of speech… One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.”
Quote of the day 11/14/24
From Gaston Bachelard: “Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.”
Quote of the day 11/13/24
From Heraclitus: “Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”
Quote of the day 11/12/24
From Heraclitus: “Men forget where the way leads, and what they meet with every day seems strange to them. We should not act and speak like men asleep.”
Quote of the day 11/11/24
From Heraclitus: “Many who have learned from Hesiod the countless names of gods and monsters never understand that night and day are one.”
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