"Those who take knowledge to be a whole zoo of sub-disciplines will react to my giving metaphysics a privileged position in that zoo or to my thinking of knowledge as a tree, with more and less fundamental parts."

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Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

#Zoos Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“Change the way you think, and you are halfway to changing the world.”
“I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.”
“Finally, develop tenacity and an optimistic outlook. It doesn't mean that everything will always work out or that you won't suffer. But pessimism seems to be designed to force you to suffer before the fact!”
“We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.”
“I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility.”
“Every year, the Friday before the new Saturday-morning shows would premiere, the networks would do this big preview special, and I was always glued to the TV. As horrible as they were, they were entertaining at the time. There was a lot of showmanship from the networks based around the new lineup.”
“We have allowed brain thinking to develop and dominate our lives. As a consequence, we are at war within ourselves. The brain desiring things which the body does not want, and the body desiring things which the brain does not allow; the brain giving directions which the body will not follow, and the body giving impulses which the brain cannot”
“Pleasures of worse natures Are gladly entertained, and they that shun us Practice in private sports the stews would blush at.”

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