“The True is the whole. But the whole is nothing other than the essence consummating itself through its development. Of the Absolute it must be said that it is essentially a result, that only in the end is it what it truly is; and that precisely in this consists its nature, viz. to be actual, subject, the spontaneous becoming of itself.” SaidEndsWholeTruthResultsSubjectsDevelopmentBecomingEssenceAbsolutesSpontaneous Book:Phenomenology of Spirit Source: Phenomenology of Spirit
“So often has my judgment deceived me in my life, that I always suspect it, right or wrong,--at least I am seldom hot upon cold subjects. For all this, I reverence truth as much as any body; andif a man will but take me by the hand, and go quietly and search for itI'll go to the world's end with him:MBut I hate disputes.” MenWorldEndsBodyHandsTruthHateSubjectsColdJudgmentI HateHotEnthusiasmSuspectsTake MeReverenceDisputesDeceivedExtremism Author:Laurence Sterne
“Unlike Descartes, we own and use our beliefs of the moment, even in the midst of philosophizing, until by what is vaguely called scientific method we change them here and there for the better. Within our own total evolving doctrine, we can judge truth as earnestly and absolutely as can be, subject to correction, but that goes without saying.” MomentsUseTruthScienceBeliefSubjectsJudgingMethodDoctrineEvolveMidstHere And ThereCorrectionsScientific Method Book:Word and Object Source: Word and Object
“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.” StillsTruthCertainViewsSilenceOpinionGreaterSubjectsPoint Of ViewPracticalsTotalitarianismEloquentPropagandistBrave New World Technology Book:The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world Source: The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world