“When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.” PeopleThinkingPhilosophySeemsStupidStupidity Book:The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
“Tantric Buddhists don't believe in sin. Stupidity, yes, meaning we make ourselves or others suffer.” BelievePhilosophySufferingSinDon't BelieveStupidityBuddhist Author:Frederick Lenz
“A history of civilization shares the presumptuousness of every philosophical enterprise: it offers the ridiculous spectacle of a fragment expounding the whole. Like philosophy, such a venture has no rational excuse, and is at best but a brave stupidity; but let us hope that, like philosophy, it will always lure some rash spirits into its fatal depths.” PhilosophyWholeSpiritShareCivilizationOffersPhilosophicalBraveDepthExcuseStupidityRidiculousRationalEnterpriseVentureFragmentsLure Book:Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization Source: Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization
“My scholarly expectation is then that I may succeed in becoming clever in philosophy in spite of my stupidity.” MayPhilosophyBecomingSucceedExpectationsStupidityCleverSpiteScholarly Author:Soren Kierkegaard