„Der Zeit nach geht also keine Erkenntnis in uns vor der Erfahrung vorher, und mit dieser fängt alle an.“ (p. 1) #Kant #Erkenntnis #Erfahrung
„Moreover it is evident, that no Idea which is not it self perceiv’d, can be to me the means of perceiving any other Idea. If I do not perceive the Redness or Paleness of a Man’s Face themselves, it is impossible I shou’d perceive by them the Passions which are in his Mind.“ (no. X) #Berkeley #idea
„L’obstacle ne tient pas à la «volonté» des humains dans un sens ou dans l’autre, mais au différend.“ (p. 260) #Lyotard #différend
„Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. Fear is the basis of the whole thing — fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death.“ (p.34) #Russell #Religion
„I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end,
But I do not talk of the beginning or the end.“ (no. 3)