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“The severe schools shall never laugh me out of the philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the invisible, wherein as in a portrait, things are not truly, but in equivocal shapes, and as they counterfeit some real substance in that invisible fabric.”

World Real Philosophy School Laughing Shapes Invisible Substance Visible Fabric Portraits Severe Counterfeit Hermes

Book:Miscellaneous Works of Sir Thomas Browne: With Some Account of the Author and His Writings

Source: Miscellaneous Works of Sir Thomas Browne: With Some Account of the Author and His Writings

“Truth as philosophy is a gas; as art, it is visible steam.”

Art Philosophy Visible Gas Steam

Author:Austin O'Malley

“The spontaneous tendency to invoke a Final Cause in explanation of every difficulty is characteristic of metaphysical philosophy. It arises from a general tendency towards the impersonation of abstractions which is visible throughout History.”

Philosophy Causes Difficulty Finals Arise Tendencies Explanation Characteristics Visible Spontaneous Metaphysical Abstraction Invoke

Book:Aristotle: a chapter from the history of science including analyses of Aristotle's scientific writings

Source: Aristotle: a chapter from the history of science including analyses of Aristotle's scientific writings

“Philosophy and the arts are but a manifestation of the intelligible ideas that move the public mind; and thus they become visible images of the nations whence they emanate.”

Mind Art Ideas Philosophy Moving Nations Manifestation Visible Emanate

Author:Lydia M. Child

“One may call the world a myth , in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden. Besides, to wish to teach the whole truth about the Gods to all produces contempt in the foolish, because they cannot understand, and lack of zeal in the good, whereas to conceal the truth by myths prevents the contempt of the foolish, and compels the good to practice philosophy.”

World Mind May Soul Philosophy Whole Body Wish Teach Practice Produce Myth Foolish Visible Contempt Zeal Whole Truth

Author:Sallust