“Just as Prometheus delivered stolen fire to man, so Eve, and the serpent, delivered man into self-consciousness, setting him up, were it not for his short lifespan, as rival to God. At the same time, man’s self-consciousness removed him from… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is the manifestation of the conflict between our desire for meaning and the absence of objective meaning from the universe.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Just as Prometheus delivered stolen fire to man, so Eve, and the serpent, delivered man into self-consciousness, setting him up, were it not for… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Just as we use speech and gestures to communicate, so we use touch. Words can say, ‘I love you’, but touch can also say… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating. — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, loneliness is not the experience of lacking but the experience of living. It is part and parcel of the human condition, and, unless… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
Man first creates the universe in his image, and then turns round to say that God created man in his image... As Voltaire quipped,… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is a bitter medicine with many fearsome side effects, but if you are able to stomach it, it can cure your soul of… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“In refining their senses and aesthetic judgement, blind tasters become much more conscious of the richness not only of wine but also of other… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Wonder begets culture, which begets yet more wonder, and the end of wonder is wisdom, which is the state of perpetual wonder.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
There are essentially three types of people: those who love life more than they fear it, those who fear life more than they love… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Our life is just as long or short as our remembering: as rich as our imagining, as vibrant as our feeling, and as profound… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“Although selfhood depends causally upon the existence of the brain, it amounts to something far more than the brain. This something is vague and… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“I can't believe I spent 13 years at school and never got taught cooking, gardening, conversation, massage, Latin, or philosophy. What were they thinking?… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“If you’ve found something in life that's better than sleeping, you’re already a huge success.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
