Plato and myth of the cave

Alfred North Whitehead, the great British philosopher-mathematician, once commented that all philosophy is but a footnote to Plato. Of course he should have said that all Western philosophy is but a footnote to Plato, but we all live in our own cultural milieu of prejudices.
Even if Whitehead may have been exaggerating the fact is [...]

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This post was written by Javadi on May 13, 2009 Comments (0)

Genius

When Oscar Wilde visited United States the customs officer asked, “Anything to declare?”The brilliant Irish wit answered, “I have nothing to declare except my genius.”
While I’m at it here are some more Oscar Wilde quotes (spelling correct that’s to say British – my notes in parenthesis):

Of course America had often been discovered before Columbus, [...]

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