“Mathematics may be the only exception in the sciences that leaves no room for skepicism. But, if mathematical results are exact as no empirical law can ever be, philosophers have discovered that they are not absolutely novel - instead, they are tautological.” IfsMayLawRoomsResultsNovelMathematicsPhilosopherMathematicalException Author:Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
“You know, there’s a philosopher who says, “As you live your life, it appears to be anarchy and chaos, and random events, non-related events, smashing into each other and causing this situation or that situation, and then, this happens, and it’s overwhelming, and it just looks like what in the world is going on ? And later, when you look back at it, it looks like a finely crafted novel. But at the time, it don’t.” KnowsWorldLooksHappensSituationNovelEventsChaosPhilosopherRelatedOverwhelmingAnarchyLive Your LifeSmashingRandom Events Author:Joe Walsh
“The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.” MomentsNovelCuriosityPhilosopherBeing TrueRelateImpulseJournalistUrgency Book:The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas Source: The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas
“Mann was profoundly influenced by two philosophers, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, who returned to the most ancient of all philosophical questions - "How to live?" - and whose writings offered novel perspectives for considering that question (much more perspective-offering than rigorous argument!)” WritingTwoNovelPerspectiveArgumentPhilosophicalAncientPhilosopherOfferingConsideringPhilosophical Questions Author:Philip Kitcher