Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
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Philosophy begins in wonder.
Philosophy is the product of wonder.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem.
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.
Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot.
Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
Wonder blasts the soul - that is, the spiritual - and the skeleton, the body - the material. Wonder interprets life through the eyes of eternity while enjoying the moment, but never lets the moment's revision exhaust the eternal.
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