A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms.
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It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.
It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist.
The sphinx will always have to be looked after.
The pyramid once passed there was still a short way to go before we confronted the Sphinx, in the middle of what our contemporaries have left him of his desert.
There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.
Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.
Combine two words, Myth and History. What do you get? Mystery.
Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional.
A wise man's question contains half the answer.
The scientist should treasure the riddles he can't solve, not explain them away at the outset.