“If grief is a spiral, we must ask ourselves: are we spiraling up or down? On some days we may not be able to answer that question. You can only follow the best you can, but grief hits like a storm that clouds our North Star while pushing us off course. Michael Ben Zehabe, Ruth: a woman’s guide to husband material, pg 27” GriefOff CourseAsk Ourselves Book:Ruth: A Woman's Guide to Husband Material Source: Ruth: A Woman's Guide to Husband Material
“(On the seeming futility of metaphysics) Why then has nature afflicted our reason with the restless striving for such a path, as if it were one of reason's most important occupations? Still more, how little cause have we to place trust in our reason if in one of the most important parts of our desire for knowledge it does not merely forsake us but even entices us with delusions and in the end betrays us! Or if the path has merely eluded us so far, what indications may we use that might lead us to hope that in renewed attempts we will be luckier than those who have gone before us?” ReasonPhilosophyDesireKnowledgeStruggleIllusionClarityMetaphysicsDead EndsStrivingLostnessOff CourseTangled PathsThe Big QuestionsHuman QuestNeed MapUnattainable EndsUnscratchable Itches Book:Critique of pure reason Source: Critique of pure reason