„For man, by the fall, lost at once his state of innocence, and his empire over creation, both of which can be partially recovered even in this life, the first by religion and faith, the second by the arts and sciences.“ (p. 292f.) #FrancisBacon #FallofMan #religion #faith #art #science
„Der Tod ist kein Ereignis des Lebens. Den Tod erlebt man nicht.“ (n. 6.4311) #Wittgenstein #Tod #Leben #Erleben
„When the reflective intellect gets at work, however, it discovers incomprehensibilities in the flowing process. Distinguishing its elements and parts, it gives them separate names, and what it thus disjoins it can not easily put together.“ (p. 94f.) #intellect #WilliamJames
„Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of the cause frustrates the effect; for nature is only subdued by submission, and that which in contemplative philosophy corresponds with the cause in practical science becomes the rule.“ (p. 15) #FrancisBacon #knowledge #humanpower #nature #submission
„Ich philosophiere nur im Schrecken, aber im eingestandenen Schrecken, wahnsinnnig zu sein.“ (p. 100)