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“Each of the parts of philosophy is a philosophical whole, a circle rounded and complete in itself. In each of these parts, however, the philosophical Idea is found in a particular specificality or medium. The single circle, because it is a real totality, bursts through the limits imposed by its special medium, and gives rise to a wider circle. The whole of philosophy in this way resembles a circle of circles. The Idea appears in each single circle, but, at the same time, the whole Idea is constituted by the system of these peculiar phases, and each is a necessary member of the organisation.”

Way Giving Ideas Real Philosophy Whole Found Special Particular Limits Members Philosophical Circles Mediums Peculiar Phases Organisation Totality

Author:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“Where philosophy ends, poetry must commence. There should not be a common point of view, a natural manner of thinking which standsin contrast to art and liberal education, or mere living; that is, one should not conceive of a realm of crudeness beyond the boundaries of education. Every conscious link of an organism should not perceive its limits without a feeling for its unity in relation to the whole. For example, philosophy should not only be contrasted to non-philosophy, but also to poetry.”

“Man's quest for knowledge is an expanding series whose limit is infinity, but philosophy seeks to attain that limit at one blow, by a short circuit providing the certainty of complete and inalterable truth. Science meanwhile advances at its gradual pace, often slowing to a crawl, and for periods it even walks in place, but eventually it reaches the various ultimate trenches dug by philosophical thought, and, quite heedless of the fact that it is not supposed to be able to cross those final barriers to the intellect, goes right on.”

Source: His Master's Voice

“The law always limits every power it gives.”

Giving Law Power Limits Philosophical

Book:Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition

Source: Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition

“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”

World Art Reality Imagination Limits Philosophical Painter My Imagination Boundless Fine Arts Famous Artist Imagination And Creativity Inspirational Artist Inspirational Art Imagination And Reality Imagination Reality

Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”

World Mean Wisdom Language Learning Communication Limits Philosophical Language Words Language And Communication Languages Communication Power Of Language Language And Power International Language

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.”

“What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit to their cruelty.”

People Ifs Thinking Animal Limits Benefits Philosophical Cruelty Vegetarian Animal Rights Animal Welfare Animal Cruelty Vegetarian Health Vivisection Animal Testing

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“I still lack a political, religious and philosophical world view - I change it every month - and so I'll have to limit myself to descriptions of how my heroes love, marry, give birth, die, and how they speak.”

World Love Giving Stills Political Dies Speak Religious Views Months Birth Hero Limits Philosophical Description My Hero World View

Book:Selected Stories of Anton Chekov

Source: Selected Stories of Anton Chekov

“In my own version of the idea of 'what art wants,' the end and fulfillment of the history of art is the philosophical understanding of what art is, an understanding that is achieved in the way that understanding in each of our lives is achieved, namely, from the mistakes we make, the false paths we follow, the false images we have come to abandon until we learn wherein our limits consist, and then how to live within those limits.”

Way Want Art Ideas Ends Life Is Understanding My Own Mistake Path Our Lives Limits Art Is Philosophical Versions Fulfillment Abandon

Author:Arthur Danto