To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
The Copernican revolution brought about by Kant was, I think, the most important single turning point in the history of philosophy.
The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.
The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers. Each of us emerges from the preconsciousness of babyhood and simply finds himself here, in it, in the world. That experience alone astonishes some people. What is all this---what is the world? And what are we? From the beginning of humanity some have been under a compulsion to ask these questions, and have felt a craving for the answers. This is what is really meant by any such phrase as 'mankind's need for metaphysics. '
I have very strongly this feeling. . . that our everyday life is at one and the same time banal, overfamiliar, platitudinous and yet mysterious and extraordinary.
It could be that the total scenario for human beings is an insoluble mystery until we die, followed by nothing at all.
To take, for example, my own death: what I consider most likely to be true is that death will be the complete and utter end of my existence, with no successor existence of any kind that can be related to me as I now am. And if that is not the case, the next most likely scenario, it seems to me, is something along the lines indicated by Schopenhauer. But neither of these is what I most want. What I want to be true is that I have an individual, innermost self, a soul, which is the real me and which survives my death. That too could be true. But alas, I do not believe it.
No one hates war like a soldier hates war.
Tarantino is the coolest damn guy; he's just so much fun to work with. He might be the best director I've ever worked with. He just seems to know how to do it and he knows how to make you feel good about it. He's having so much fun you start having fun. You can't help it.
TV has nothing to do with painting. It's just transmission.
To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward to helping USA Basketball regain its status in international basketball.