Suppose someone were to say: 'Imagine this butterfly exactly as it is, but ugly instead of beautiful'?!

The process of induction is the process of assuming the simplest law that can be made to harmonize with our experience.

The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.

Only when one thinks even much more madly than the philosophers can one solve their problems.

You might say that certain words are only pegs to hang intonations on.

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.

If we were to imagine an orange on the blue side or green on the red side or violet on the yellow side, it would give us the same impression as a north wind coming from the southwest.