"Despite its successes, in the end, philosophical thinking always falls short of its real goal. It involves both the wonder of aspiring toward the Truth and the distress of falling short of that Truth. In this way, philosophy can be characterized as wondrous distress."

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Source : John Marmysz (2011). “The Path of Philosophy: Truth, Wonder, and Distress”, p.12, Cengage Learning

John Marmysz

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“Freedom is won by relegating religion to a purely private sphere remote from the body politic. In fact, the establishment of a free society is predicated on the idea that religion must be surgically removed from culture.”
“Reading was my only escape from reality. Through books, I could be whoever I wanted. I could fall in love with the handsome prince, travel to exotic places, and take the leap that almost always had a happy ending.”
“Librarians, Dusty, possess a vast store of politeness. These are people who get asked regularly the dumbest questions on God's green earth. These people tolerate every kind of crank and eccentric and mouth breather there is.”
“Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.”
“So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.”
“To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.”
“No thank you to all the bustas, cowards, and FAKE HOMIES who showed me the depths of jealousy, envy and greed.”
“When you read the poem, you wonder, what might Grendel have been? Could it have been a person that was turned away? Someone that was disfigured or deformed? Like everything else did, it came from somewhere. It's really exciting, and not knowing is part of the magic and mystery.”

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