“Well, the Dean has asked me to speak on "The Role of Logic in Human Affairs". Of course, if I take the injunction literally you shall hear the shortest lecture in recorded history!” — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“when Logic congeals into all-encompassing and perfect-seeming theories, then it can actually become a very evil con trick. Wittgenstein has a point, you see: 'All the facts of science are not enough to understand the world's meaning!” — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
As for mathematicians themselves: don't expect too much help. Most of them are too far removed in their ivory towers to take up such… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
Put a man on the brink of the abyss and - in the unlikely event that she doesn't fall into it - he will… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
We live in a world with huge repositories of logic and even greater such of information-but, alas, so little wisdom. — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“Take my story as a cautionary tale, a narrative argument against ready-made solutions. It tells you that applying formulas is not good enough -… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, the best argument in favour of the old... is the new!” — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“Actually, we were at the other extreme from giants: we had become dwarfs! And I mean this quite literally. For, often, the right way… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“The things that cannot be talked about logically are the only ones which are truly important.” — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“Well, the Dean has asked me to speak on "The Role of Logic in Human Affairs". Of course, if I take the injunction literally… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
“when Logic congeals into all-encompassing and perfect-seeming theories, then it can actually become a very evil con trick. Wittgenstein has a point, you see:… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
