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I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.

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When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.

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But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.

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The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder.

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History is one long chain of reflections. Hegel also indicated certain rules that apply for this chain of reflections. Anyone studying history in depth will observe that a thought is usually proposed on the basis of other, previously proposed thoughts. But as soon as one thought is proposed, it will be contradicted by another. A tension arises between these two opposite ways of thinking. But the tension is resolved by the proposal of a third thought which accommodates the best of both points of view. Hegel calls this a dialectic process

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going only part of the way is not the same as going the wrong way

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Philosophy is the opposite of fairy tales

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