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The laws of physics are the decrees of fate.

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Science is even more changeable than theology.

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A precise language awaits a completed metaphysics.

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Intolerance is the besetting sin of moral fervour.

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Mathematics as an Element in the History of Thought.

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Leaving the vast darkness of the subject unobscured.

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Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks.

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The criticism of knowledge is the criticism of the past.

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A science which hesitates to forget its founders is lost.

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Philosophy asks the simple question, What is it all about?

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Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.

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Thus the negative perception is the triumph of consciousness.

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The essence of applied mathematics is to know what to ignore.

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Adventure is essential, namely, the search for new perfection.

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All space measurement is from stuff in space to stuff in space.

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Religion is what the individual does with his own solitariness.

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Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.

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The English never abolish anything. They put it in cold storage.

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Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives.

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Every human being is the natural guardian of his own importance.

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Even perfection will not bear the tedium of indefinite repetition.

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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

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A culture is in its finest flower before it begins to analyze itself.

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In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it.

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Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

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Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilisation of knowledge.

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Knowledge is always accompanied with accessories of emotion and purpose.

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... The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit...

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No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.

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The chief danger to philosophy is narrowness in the selection of evidence.

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