“[Alternate translation:] The Divine Spirit found a sublime outlet in that wonder of analysis, that portent of the ideal world, that amphibian between being and not-being, which we call the imaginary root of negative unity.” WorldScienceSpiritFoundWonderDivineNegativeIdealsRootsUnityAnalysisImaginarySublimeTranslationsOutletsIdeal WorldPortentsAmphibians Author:Gottfried Leibniz
“The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.” ShouldFormSpiritLanguagePracticePressureInternationalPracticalsAnalysisLogicalAdoptionInternational Language Book:Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays Source: Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays
“There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression of a laughter - loving spirit that defies analysis by the philosopher, which has nothing rigid or mechanical in it, and totally without social significance. Bubbling spontaneously from the heart of child or man. Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.” MenLifeHeartChildrenFeelingsFormSpiritSocialVoiceHeardChildhoodExpressionSpringLaughterPhilosopherUpliftingAnalysisSignificanceEgotismMerry Author:William Osler
“For poetry is, I believe, always an act of the spirit. The poem teaches us something while we make it. The poem makes you as you make the poem, and your making of the poem requires all your capacities of thought, feeling, analysis, and synthesis.” BelieveFeelingsSpiritI BelieveTeachCapacityAnalysisPoetry IsSynthesis Author:May Sarton