„Gewiß läßt sich instrumentales Handeln als eine Manipulation nach Regeln unter empirischen Bedingungen auffassen“. (p. 158) #Habermas #InstrumentalesHandeln
„Un soir, j’ai assis la Beauté sur mes genoux. — Et je l’ai trouvée amère. — Et je l’ai injuriée.“ (p. 4) #Rimbaud #beauté
„In addition to the private spaces belonging to the private worlds of different percipients, there is, however, another space, in which one whole private world counts as a point, or at least as a spatial unit. This might be described as the space of points of view, since each private world may be regarded as the appearance which the universe presents from a certain point of view. I prefer, however, to speak of it as the space of perspectives, in order to obviate the suggestion that a private world is only real when someone views it. And for the same reason, when I wish to speak of a private world without assuming a percipient, I shall call it a »perspective«.“ (p. 287) #Russell #perspectives #PrivateWorld
„Aber der Philosoph liebt die Moralisten nicht … er liebt auch die schönen Worte nicht…“ (p. 349) #Nietzsche #Philosoph #Moralisten
„Those who become practically versed in nature are, the mechanic, the mathematician, the physician, the alchemist, and the magician, but all (as matters now stand) with faint efforts and meagre success.“ (p. 15) #FrancisBacon #nature #magician