“Rozhodně mi tato krize pomohla vyřešit mou nesnáz dost rychle ve prospěch teorie, že všechny zázraky byly příběhy vymyšlené, aby pomohly lidem porozumět věcem „živěji“, i když se dostávaly do rozporu s přirozenými jevy. Myslel jsem si, že je příroda sama o sobě moc zajímavá, a nechtěl jsem, aby se takto překrucovala. A tak jsem postupně dospěl k nedůvěře v celý systém náboženství.”
― "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
― "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
“According to the New York Times, the average person’s daily consumption of information now adds up to a remarkable 34 gigabytes.1”
― Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
― Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
“The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. The result of philosophy is not a number of 'philosophical propositions', but to make propositions clear.”
― Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
― Tractatus Logico Philosophicus
“When we think of the world's future, we always mean the destination it will reach if it keeps going in the direction we can see it going in now; it does not occur to us that its path is not a straight line but a curve, constantly changing direction.”
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“She was told she had typhoid fever. Right away, as I still do today, I looked up the disease in medical books and read all about it.”
― "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
― "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
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