“empirical evidence is precisely that which is sacred in so-called scientific thought, and by these means—there’s no point in denying it—we can go far, but at the same time, by following this method, we greatly distance ourselves from the problem, because it’s so, but so manifest that empirical proof itself is something that no one has ever heretofore truly dealt with, namely, no one has ever wished genuinely to confront the deeply problematic nature of empirical verification as such, because whoever did this went mad, or appeared to be a pure dilettante,” RealityTruthEvidenceProofInsanityFactEmpiricism Book:Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming Source: Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
“it’s precisely the infinite that casts light upon how the brain thinks, and how clever it is in showing us something that seems real when it’s merely an abstraction, namely that brain introduced or employed to great effect those methods of distortion, that dislocation” ThinkingRealityIntellectThoughtConfusionInfinityAbstractionClevernessLimitationsDisillusion Book:Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming Source: Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming