In history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at and obtain -- that which they immediately recognize and desire. They gratify their own interest; but something further is thereby accomplished, latent in the actions in question, though not present to their consciousness, and not included in their design.

The nature of finite things is to have the seed of their passing-away as their essential being: the hour of their birth is the hour of their death.

To him who looks at the world rationally the world looks rationally back.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Science and knowledge, especially that of philosophy, came from the Arabs into the West.

Philosophy is the history of philosophy.

In the case of various kinds of knowledge, we find that what in former days occupied the energies of men of mature mental ability sinks to the level of information, exercises, and even pastimes for children; and in this educational progress we can see the history of the world's culture delineated in faint outline.