“The failure of the past philosophers is largely the failure to see the self-evident.” SelfPhilosophyPastFailurePhilosopherEvident Author:Kedar Joshi
“At one time, many philosophers held that faultless "laws of thought" were somehow inherent, a priori, in the very nature of mind. This belief was twice shaken in the past century; first when Russell and his successors showed how the logic men employ can be defective, and later when Freud and Piaget started to reveal the tortuous ways in which our minds actually develop.” MenWayMindFirstsPastLawBeliefCenturyLogicPhilosopherOne TimeInherentSuccessorsDefective Author:Jean Piaget
“Evolution throws a wonderful light on all the struggles, eccentricities, tortuous developments of the human conscience in the past. It is the only theory of morals that does. And evolution throws just as much light on the ethical and social struggle today; and it is the only theory that does. What a strange age ours is from the religious point of view! What a hopeless age from the philosopher's point of view! Yet it is a very good age, the best that ever was. No evolutionist is a pessimist.” HumansDoeLightAgeTodayPastSocialReligiousViewsMoralStruggleWonderfulAtheismStrangeTheoryDevelopmentEvolutionConscienceVery GoodPhilosopherPoint Of ViewHopelessEthicalPessimistEccentricity Author:Joseph McCabe
“As the great philosopher George Santayana would have said, 'those who cannot remember the past . . . should simply read Jan Van Meter's Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.' Van Meter's greatest hits collection of slogans is the catchiest ever retelling of American history. It's like the greatest minds of Madison Avenue sat down to write a history book. They don't make sound bites like they used to!” ShouldWritingMindSaidBookPastRememberUsedSoundPhilosopherSatCollectionsBitesAmerican HistoryVansSlogansAvenuesMeterMadisonHistory BooksRetellingRemembering The PastSound BitesGreat PhilosophersMadison Avenue Author:Mo Rocca