"What was tortuously secured by complex argument becomes widely shared intuition, so obvious that we forget its provenance. We donâ€™t see it, because we see with it."

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Source : Rebecca Goldstein (2014). “Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away”, p.17, Pantheon

Rebecca Goldstein

#Intuition Quotes #Forget Quotes #Argument Quotes

“It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.”

Source : "Matthew Macfadyen: 'I do have a good eye'" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2010.
“The influence of a vital being vitalizes.”
“To be an artist, you're basically a crazy person. You're extremely narcissistic and emotionally expressive. The idea that the world needs to listen to you is an insane thought.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“I grew up as a country boy.”
“On Melbourne summer mornings the green trams go rolling in stately progress down tunnels thick with leaves: the bright air carries along the avenue their patient chime, the chattering of their wheels”

Source : "Cosmo Cosmolino". Book by Helen Garner, 1992.
“There are always some areas world history does not reach, zones of silence and undisturbed ignorance.”

Source : Fernand Braudel (1982). “Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The perspective of the world”, p.18, Univ of California Press
“A cross between a foreign legion boot-camp and a secret-society initiation ritual, the ordeals were grounded in pain. One thing was obvious: the agenda, which was dedicated to grave discomfort, had been drawn up by a passionate sadist.”
“Like Spain, I am bound to the past.”

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