how I longed to find an authority above the nations, a law above all states, capable of giving legal aid to an individual abused and rendered without rights by his state.

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.

Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history.

It is the search for the truth, not possession of the truth which is the way of philosophy. Its questions are more relevant than its answers, and every answer becomes a new question.