Quote of Edgar Morin: We see that a paradigm —...
Biography - Edgar Morin:
Edgar Morin born Edgar Nahoum is a French philosopher and sociologist .
Born: 1921
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1921
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: France
We see that a paradigm — that is, the roots of a principle of knowledge — can shed light on certain aspects of reality, while blinding us to others.
Translation
(French)
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Quotes for: knowledge
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Quotes for: reality
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.
The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.
Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.
Quotes for: principle
Article III – The principle of any sovereignty resides essentially in the Nation. No body, no individual can exert authority which does not emanate expressly from it.
All our dignity consists, then, in thought. By it we must elevate ourselves, and not by space and time which we cannot fill.
Let us endeavour then to think well; this is the principle of morality.
Let us endeavour then to think well; this is the principle of morality.
The Other is on principle inapprehensible; he flees me when I seek him and possesses me when I flee him.
We must observe that in each one of us there are two ruling and leading principles, which we follow whithersoever they lead; one is the innate desire for pleasures, the other an acquired opinion which strives for the best. These two sometimes agree within us and are sometimes in strife; and sometimes one, and sometimes the other has the greater power.
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