When he that speaks, and he to whom he speaks, neither of them understand what is meant, that is metaphysics

When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.

Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique

When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.

The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.

Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is

The United States is speaking out of both sides of its mouth,