The artist must create something of rather less worth than the philosopher. For he is more dependent on the moment than the latter. The greater the work of art, the less chance is allowed to be there.
Optics destroys light.
So is it between God and man. The ocean wills the rivers, the river wills the ocean. Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared. I believe that my powers of mind are surely such that I would have become in a certain sense a resolver of all problems.