The Greeks, with their truly healthy culture, have once and for all justified philosophy simply by having engaged in it, and havin...g engaged in it more fully than any other people.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What verse is for the poet, dialectical thinking is for the philosopher. He grasps for it in order to get hold of his own enchantm...ent, in order to perpetuate it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Science rushes headlong, without selectivity, without "taste," at whatever is knowable, in the blind desire to know all at any cos...t.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Modern labor-saving devices eliminated drudgery, not labor. Before industrialization, women fed, clothed, and nursed their familie...s by preparing (with the help of their husbands and children) food, clothing, and medication. In the post-industrial age, women feed, clothe, and nurse their families (without much direct assistance from anyone else) by cooking, cleaning, driving, shopping, and waiting.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »