Reason Is Like An Open Secret That

The Greek Word For Philosopher (philosophos) Connotes A Distinction From Sophos. It Signifies The Lover Of Wisdom (knowledge) As Distinguished From Him Who Considers Himself Wise In The Possession Of Knowledge. This Meaning Of The Word Still Endures: The Essence Of Philosophy Is Not The Possession Of The Truth But The Search For Truth. ... Philosophy Means To Be On The Way. Its Questions Are More Essential Than Its Answers, And Every Answer Becomes A New Question.

The 'public' Is A Phantom, The Phantom Of An Opinion Supposed To Exist In A Vast Number Of Persons Who Have No Effective Interrelation And Though The Opinion Is Not Effectively Present In The Units. Such An Opinion Is Spoken Of As 'public Opinion,' A Fiction Which Is Appealed To By Individuals And By Groups As Supporting Their Special Views. It Is Impalpable, Illusory, Transient; "'tis Here, 'tis There, 'tis Gone"; A Nullity Which Can Nevertheless For A Moment Endow The Multitude With Power To Uplift Or Destroy.

We Must Learn To Talk With Each Other, And We Mutually Must Understand And Accept One Another In Our Extraordinary Differences.

The Essence Of Philosophy Is Not The Possession Of The Truth But The Search For Truth. ... Philosophy Means To Be On The Way. Its Questions Are More Essential Than Its Answers, And Every Answer Becomes A New Question.

Just As Primitive Man Believed Himself To Stand Face To Face With Demons And Believed That Could He But Know Their Names He Would Become Their Master, So Is Contemporary Man Faced By This Incomprehensible, Which Disorders His Calculations.