“ Whilst in the process of losing all his money, Cardano noticed that his opponent had marked the cards. Whereupon he leapt up, slashed his opponent across the face with his dagger and grabbed the money… Paul Strathern
“ How do I know anything about the world around me? By the use of my senses. But I can be deceived by my senses, A straight stick looks bent when it is dipped into water. How do I even know that I am aw… Paul Strathern
“ The myth persists in Egypt to this day that Napoleon’s soldiers actually disfigured some of these ruins, and are even said to have used the Sphinx as target practice for their cannons, shooting off it… Paul Strathern
“ I'd like to hear your opinion on this piece of Beethoven. And remember, it is not Beethoven who is being examined here. Paul Strathern
“ My life has been a disaster on the grand scale - that I'd better make clear from the start. A catalogue of my former ambitions would give a Napoleon stage-fright. Art, Ethics, Theology, the Sciences (… Paul Strathern
“ Less than two centuries later, the Macedonian Greek Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, completing this task in a matter of months, but remaining long enough to found the city of Alexandria, whose si… Paul Strathern
“ In its early years, Islam encouraged philosophical and scientific speculation: to know how the world worked was to know the mind of God. Paul Strathern
“ For. As Napoleon continued, the full extent of his intentions gradually became clearer: having conquered Egypt, he would then mount an expedition to India, where he would attack the British. This forc… Paul Strathern
“ Aslında, teorileri, olan teorileri bir bir çürütmeyle ilgiliydi. Descartes yanlıştı, Kant yetersiz ve Hegel bir burjuvaydı. Geleneksel filozofların hiçbiri 20.yüzyılda yaşamak için yeterli değildi. İç… Paul Strathern
“ As the invasion fleet sailed east across the Mediterranean, Napoleon would lie in bed reading and dictating to Bourrienne. His principal reading was from the Koran. Like Alexander the Great before him… Paul Strathern
“ As a consequence of Wittgenstein’s philosophy, the questions once asked by philosophy have now passed into the realms of poetry. The way poetry is going, it looks as if they won’t be asked much longer… Paul Strathern
“ Saygınlık iyiliğin işareti, ikiyüzlülük ise kötülüğün işaretiydi.İnsanlar kuralları bozdular fakat toplum olarak değil. Sartre ve Beauvoir kuralın dışına çıkmışlardı. Bu, o zamanlar Fransa'da yapılaca… Paul Strathern
“ Rose’s experiences had transformed her from a provincial innocent with a Caribbean accent into a woman of sophistication and hard realism, but the uncertainties of her position had taken their psychol… Paul Strathern
“ Parte do talento excepcional de Einstein residia em sua capacidade de refletir sobre os mais complexos problemas e fórmulas e perceber os princípios fundamentais sobre os quais estes se sustentam. Paul Strathern
“ Kendimi yeterince sevmediğim için daha sonraya kaçıyorum hep ve bunun sonucu da şu oluyor: Kendimi daha az seviyorum; bu amansız ilerleyiş, kendimi kendi gözümde küçük düşürüyor. Paul Strathern
“ Começara a fumar cachimbo e sua bebida preferida era café gelado. (Na época, Einstein não bebia cerveja, sobretudo porque não dispunha de dinheiro suficiente. Na realidade, durante toda a sua vida, nu… Paul Strathern
“ 1 + 1 = 2 is simply an induction from experience. It is in no way logically or arithmetically ‘necessary’. It is induced knowledge, on a par with ‘All swans are white’. Paul Strathern
“ Side of Plato: The strongest principle is that everybody, whether they are male or female, should have a leader. Likewise, no one should get into the habit of doing anything at all on his own initiati… Paul Strathern
