The modern mind will countenance any explanation for what you say except that you believe it.
Jul 102013
Thinking
Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.
—Whitehead
Jun 252013
First you do not write what you think, then you do not say what you think, and finally you do not think what you think.
Jun 202013
If you must be stupid, at least be lazy.
Jun 172013
It is rarer to know when to think than how.
May 232013
The deontologist blindfolds himself, lest his eyes deceive him.
May 202013
Philosophers are careful not to derive ought from is, less so about deriving is from ought.
May 142013
Polytheism is pre-scientific: monotheism is anti-scientific.
May 082013
What is not indexed may as well not exist.
May 072013
Small men flee from a generalization like small animals from a sudden noise — it might not mean danger, but why take a chance?
May 032013
Nothing so distresses the disciple as the master changing his mind.