Fatal for the mind to have a system
A. Book referenced
- Title: Primo Levi : bridges of knowledge
Author: Cicioni, Mirna - Title: Tolstoi; seine Weltanschauung. Author: Grusemann, Michael
B. Quotes
- “Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.” Proverb 13:7
- “Nothing is true that forces one to exclude.” Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
- “It is equally fatal for the mind to have a system and to have none. It will simply have to decide to combine the two.” Von Schlegel, German Philosopher
- Tolstoi’s, of the man who is clinging to a twig above an abyss & yet feels not the slightest trace of death-horror. Tolstoi; seine Weltanschauung. P. 344-345
- “You will not meet the answer amid the noise of this world. Out of flame and light the world is born.” Lermonton
- “The gates of beauty lead to cognition.” Schiller
- “Against mediators – those who want to mediate between two resolute thinkers show that they are mediocre; they lack eyes for seeing things what is unique. Seeing things as similar and making things the same is the sign of weak eyes.” Friedrich Nietzsche