"Metaphysical problems about "mind" versus "matter" arise only from epistemological confusions."

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Source : Raymond Smullyan (1983). “Five Thousand B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies”, p.84, Macmillan

Raymond Smullyan

#Confusion Quotes #Mind Quotes #Matter Quotes

“It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.”

Source : 'History of the United States' (1855 ed.) vol. 3, ch. 6
“Of course you always had that detached quality as if you were playing a game without much concern over whether you won or lost, and now that you've lost the game, not lost but just quit playing, you have that rare sort of charm that usually only happens in very old or hopelessly sick people, the charm of the defeated.”
“The touring makes you take a step back. It makes you realize how your lifestyle has changed.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“Everything, including that which happens in our brains, depends on these and only on these: A set of fixed, deterministic laws.”
“God's got something for me. I have faith it'll be OK.”
“Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have”
“The big winner last night in New Hampshire - Senator John Kerry. He won 39 percent of the vote, which is pretty good, and begs the question, why the long face?”
“Marriage is a state that is attended with so much care and trouble, that it is a kind of faulty indulgence and selfishness to livesingle, in order to avoid the difficulties it is attended with.”

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