How the World Thinks Quotes

“A bird gives a cry–the mountains quiet all the more.’ 49 (This is also perhaps the real meaning behind Hakuin Ekaku’s famous eighteenth-century-BCE koan ‘What is the Sound of the Single Hand?’: it is an invitation to attend to the silence, the emptiness.”
― Julian Baggini, How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy

“A trap is for fish: when you’ve got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you’ve got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you’ve got the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find someone who’s forgotten words so I can have a word with him?8”
― Julian Baggini, How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy

“La verdad es inútil a menos que nos permita avanzar, y no podemos avanzar a menos que la verdad ilumine el camino.”
― Julian Baggini, Cómo piensa el mundo: Una historia global de la filosofía (Contextos)