465 Quotes About Metaphysics

One can ask why the I has to appear in the cogito {Descartes’ argument “I think therefore I am.}, since the cogito, if used rightly, is the awareness of pure consciousness, not directed at any fact or action. In fact the I is not necessary here, since it is never united directly to consciousness. One can even imagine a pure and self-aware consciousness which thinks of itself as impersonal spontaneity.

Metaphysics is not the result of understanding the limitations of physics.It’s rather the result of the limitation in understanding physics.

In meetings philosophy might work,on the field practicality works.

The ultimate aim of reality is to become science fiction!

A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

What are the units of ontology really that I should be a part of a whole, but not be, in all my awareness, chiefly the whole unto itself?

Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.

MUSIC OF THE UNIVERSEWithout the orchestra of the universe,There would be no ether. And without its instrumentationBy the ether, There would be no waves. And without any waves, There would be no sound. And without sound, There would be no music. And without music, There would be no life. And without a life force, There would be no matter. But it does not matter - Because what is matter, If there is no light?

Theology, philosophy, metaphysics, and quantum physics are merely ways for God to have his smart people believe in him