The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato

The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanations of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the facts are simple because simplicity is the goal of our quest. The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, 'Seek simplicity and distrust it.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.