Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.
Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols.
Literature helps us transcend ourselves.
Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature.
The prospect of being immortal doesn't excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal.
I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with the strange and extraordinary new conditions of this life, and it will all refine itself into poetry later on.
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
Poetry and fiction have grieved for a century now over the loss of some vitality which they think they see in a past from which we are by now irrevocably alienated.
Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion.