Thanks to Stephen Greenleaf, whom I met through this blog in the first place, my attention has lit on some words of Charles S. Peirce:
When a man desires ardently to know the truth, his first effort will be to imagine what that truth can be … there is, after all, nothing but imagination that can ever supply him an inkling of the truth. He can stare stupidly at phenomena; but in the absence of imagination they will not connect themselves together in any rational way.
I am not sure now that “staring stupidly at phenomena” is not Aristotle’s definition of perfect happiness.
Two floors of this building are for sale
Somebody would rather have the money than the view
Kireçburnu, Sarıyer, Istanbul
Saturday, June 1, 2024
