Human intelligence Quote by Colin Wilson

““Human intelligence is a function of man’s evolutionary urge; the scientist and the philosopher hunger for truth because they are tired of being merely human.””

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When I open my eyes in the morning, I am not confronted by a world, but by a million possible worlds.

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Religion, mysticism and magic all spring from the same basic 'feeling' about the universe: a sudden feeling of meaning, which human beings sometimes 'pick…

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Man is brilliant at solving problems; but solving them only makes him the victim of his own childishness and laziness. It is this recognition…

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It was Rousseau who was largely responsible for the problem by giving currency to the idea that freedom can exist without responsibility and discipline.

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