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Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.

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Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.
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General Happiness Life Man Marriage
In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.
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Disturb Intelligence Smart Soul
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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Man Thinking Universe
Where children are, there is the golden age.
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Age Children Gold
We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body!
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Body Hands Heaven Human Lie Touch
Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.
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Deep Desire Feeling Home Nostalgia Philosophy
Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.
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Build Enough Heart Mindset Spirit Strive
The seat of the soul is where the inner world and the outer world meet. Where they overlap, it is in every point of the overlap.
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Philosophy Point Soul World
Mathematics is the Life of the Gods.
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God Life Mathematics
The world must be romanticized. In this way the ordinary meaning may be found again.
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Finding Meaning Ordinary Way World
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.
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Children Cure Music Solution
Humanity is a comic role.
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Cosmos Humanity Role
Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.
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Beginning Close Complete Death Life Reduction Unity
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
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Healing Poetry Reason Wound
One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn’t merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.
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Block Feeling Oneself Shadow Sun

Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.

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