“ It is no coincidence that, on all four sides, in all four corners, the borders of the Roman Empire stopped where wine could no longer be made. Neel Burton
“ Our life is just as long or short as our remembering: as rich as our imagining, as vibrant as our feeling, and as profound as our thinking. Neel Burton
“ My basic political principle: If something, whether right- or left-wing, is driven by love and solidarity, it is right; if it is driven by hate and fear it is wrong. Simple as that. Neel Burton
“ In philosophy, phenomenology is the study of the structures of experience and consciousness. Wine blind tasting is the best phenomenology, phenomenology par excellence, returning us from our heads int… Neel Burton
“ 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,… Neel Burton
“ Resentment is a powerful and corrosive force, both on the slippery left and the slippery right, and the history of humankind can largely be read as a history of resentment. Aside from a profound philo… Neel Burton
“ If you say it very softly, with a smile, you can get away with saying almost anything, even the truth. Neel Burton
“ Man is mostly a collection of emotions, most of which he would do better not to be feeling. Neel Burton
