Contemporary Quote by William James

It is not probable that the reader will be satisfied with any of these solutions, and contemporary philosophers, even rationalistically minded ones, have on…

— William James

Mystery is not profoundness.

— Charles Caleb Colton

A fact which is not denied but whose truths are rationalized loses its objective base. It ceases to be concrete and becomes a myth…

— Paulo Freire

“It is a common weakness that when concrete facts do not match up with our preconceived theories, we prefer to keep our theories and…

— Raphael Gasson

Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.

— Henry Miller

Too many theorists have a tendency to ignore facts that contradict their convictions.

— Maurice Allais

It has often been said that, to make discoveries, one must be ignorant. This opinion, mistaken in itself, nevertheless conceals a truth. It means…

— Claude Bernard

“One is not likely to learn much about human beings, by way of psychoanalysis or otherwise, if one adheres unwaveringly to a theory, no…

— Miltiades Zaphiropoulous

People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it.

— Paulo Coelho

As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity…

— C. D. Broad

“But even if all agreed together, it would not be enough to have their teachings. For we shall never be mathematicians, say, even if…

— René Descartes

That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant.

— Chinua Achebe