We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The last words on Teleology, Eschatology, and similar rot. The power of logic and mathematics to surprise us depends, like their usefulness, on the limitations of our reason. A being whose intellect was infinitely powerful would take no interest in logic and mathematics. For he would be able to see at a glance everything that his definitions implied, and, accordingly, could never learn anything from logical inference which he was not fully conscious of already.
Moral indignation is envy with a halo.
Aemilius Paulus, sct. When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part. As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys. William Blake More coming, I hope. Bitter Stuff Back to Hooover's Homepage.