The deontologist blindfolds himself, lest his eyes deceive him.
May 232013
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
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.
Apr 192013
So much to unlearn, so little time.
Apr 172013
More is lost in translation from thought to page than from one language to another.
Apr 152013
Bad to take obscurity for profundity: worse to take clarity for shallowness.
Apr 082013
Profundities are often equivocations — trivially true in one sense, obviously false in another, and deep and subtle only if you do not choose.