Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Those who have not, still have their intuition intact

"This [____ ] does not run a straight course from beginning to end. It hunts; and in the hunting, it sometimes worries the same raccoon in different trees, or different raccoons in the same tree, or even what turns out to be no raccoon in any tree. It finds itself balking more than once at the same barrier and taking off on other trails. It drinks often from the same streams, and stumbles over some cruel country. It counts not the kill but what is learned of the territory explored." - Nelson Goodman, Ways of Worldmaking


A quote delivered to me by a beautiful friend, who claims she has taken to Philosophy as an inspiration from me. It appears she could teach me a thing or two - to say in the least - about Philosophy, as is the case for most people who have studied it formally, versus those who have not. Those who have not, still have their intuition intact, and have much to offer the "educated".  

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