A philosopher of imposing stature doesn't think in a vacuum. Even his most abstract ideas are, to some extent, conditioned by what is or is not known in the time when he lives.

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment in recognition of the pattern.

With the sense of sight, the idea communicates the emotion, whereas, with sound, the emotion communicates the idea, which is more direct and therefore more pow…

The ideas of Freud were popularized by people who only imperfectly understood them, who were incapable of the great effort required to grasp them in their rela…

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflectio…

Conclui, como se conclui sempre em Filosofia, que me encontrava diante duma Causa Primaria, portanto impenetravel.