“Astonishment is the root of philosophy.”
Quotes
Circle of Knowledge
“As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.”
– Einstein
A New Scientific Truth
“a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”
3 Men
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
– Arnold Toynbee
If that is the case, then I request of the universe: three men.
Maybe now I’ll get one?
I recognize that is not the significance of this quote, but how could I resist?
