*Claire makes grand entrance*
I'm actually really happy as Matt is a genius and told me how I can post posts and so now I shall post a post.
Here is a little nugget from a wee novel I like to call Engleby written by a fellow often known as Sebastian Faulks:
"If the history of Homo Sapiens so far were represented as a single day, an average human lifespan would represent a little over half a second."
Quite the thinker don't you think? Pretty sure it takes me longer than half a second to click my fingers. Really makes everything feel extremely insignificant.
First person to comment gets a prize.
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"If you would be a seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."
"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours."
"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."
Plato
Descartes
John Locke
David Hume
Kant
Wittgenstein
Sapere Aude
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Who said?
"If you would be a seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."
"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours."
"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."
Plato
Descartes
John Locke
David Hume
Kant
Wittgenstein
2 comments:
Glad you got the comment on here FINALLY!
The quote reminded me of the amontillado of light we can actually see thing, where if you put it on a keyboard we would only see the equivilent of halfway along a standard keyboard (if every key was a different form of light) even if it stretched all the way to the moon!
Terrible explaination but i hope people understand!
What's the grand prize!?
I understand Matt, muy bien. Your prize: A sunny day.
Please go outside to claim your prize.
So yes... my goodness. I mean if you look at that little dot there. See it? Right there: >>>> .
How weeny is that? And then if you think about how small you are. And how small the world is. OOOOOOH I've just thought of a link I could post. I'll find it hang on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NYRVsKAkFM
Here we go. I thought this was really interesting. My dad's got a book called "Power of Ten" that's kind of the same idea.
Oh it's a fascinating thought, but awfully distracting as it makes me want to drop everything and not bother, seeing as I am just a tiny speck in this vast universe. Ho hum.
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