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Philosophy is the logic one uses before one has empirical experience. In many ways it is the avant-garde of knowledge. Science wouldn't be where it is today if it weren't for philosophical pursuits.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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