"Philosophy makes progress not by becoming more rigorous but by becoming more imaginative."

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Source : Richard Rorty (1998). “Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers”, p.8, Cambridge University Press

Richard Rorty

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“Many a man works himself to death by burying himself in his work.”
“More often than not, what you open, unwrap and install on your hard drive is not what you were told you were getting.”
“When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated the outcasts, people who sat on the margins of society contemplating their interiors. . . Books were my cure for a romanticized unhappiness, for the anxiety of impending adulthood. They were all mine, private islands with secret passwords only the worthy could utter.”
“When your account has these massive swings up and down, there's a tendency to feel a rush when the market is going your way and devastation when it's going against you. These emotions do absolutely nothing to make you a good trader. It's far better to keep the equity swings manageable and strive for a sense of balance each day, no matter what happens.”
“I am a firm believer that God has already ordered the things that have taken place in my life...and I'm just learning to follow the path he's laid before me.”
“A text is evolutionary by its very nature.”
“I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.”
“I'm constantly searching for ways to do better because I believe life is an evolution. It's not about reaching an end goal and hanging up your hat...It's about continually growing.”

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