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101 " Many ecophilosophers in the Western world have warned that Western civilization as a whole is on a fundamentally wrong track, racing toward a head-on collision with the limits of what our planet can tolerate. "
― Jostein Gaarder , Sophie's World
102 " Mas ao mesmo tempo eu sabia que, a cada vez que eu abrisse um livro, eu veria um pedacinho desse céu. Sempre que lesse uma frase, saberia um pouco mais do que antes. E tudo o que leio faz o mundo ficar maior, ficando maior eu também. "
― Jostein Gaarder
103 " Los que preguntan son siempre los más peligrosos. No resulta igual de peligroso contestar. Una sola pregunta puede contener más pólvora que mil respuestas. "
104 " Maybe we can comprehend a flower or an insect, but we can never comprehend ourselves. Even less can we expect to comprehend the universe. "
105 " I can't get over the fact that Descartes compared the human body to a machine or an automaton.""The comparison was based on the fact that people in his time were deeply fascinated by machines and the workings of clocks, which appeared to have the ability to function of their own accord. The word 'automaton' means precisely that -- something that moves of its own accord. It was obviously only an illusion that they moved of their own accord. An astronomical clock, for instance, is both constructed and wound up by human hands. Descartes made a point of the fact that ingenious inventions of that kind were actually assembled very simply from a relatively small number of parts compared with the vast number of bones, muscles, nerves, veins and arteries that the human and the animal body consists of. Why should God not be able to make an animal or a human body based on mechanical laws?""Nowadays there is a lot of talk about 'artificial intelligence'.""Yes, that is the automaton of our time... "
106 " De kunstenaar kan dus iets overbrengen wat de filosofen niet kunnen uitdrukken?''Dat was de opvatting van de romantici. Volgens Kant kan de kunstenaar ongehinderd met zijn vermogens tot inzicht spelen. De Duitse dichter Schiller werkte de gedachten van Kant verder uit. Hij schrijft dat het werk van de kunstenaar een soort spel is, en alleen wanneer mensen spelen, zijn ze vrij, omdat ze dan hun eigen wetten maken. De romantici vonden dat alleen de kunst ons bij het "onuitsprekelijke" kon brengen. Sommigen gingen nog verder en vergeleken de kunstenaar met God. "
107 " They could for example point out that the use of an expression like "natural modesty" is not always defensible, for if it is "natural" to be modest, it must be something you are born with, something innate. But is it really innate, Sophie--or is it socially induced? To someone who has traveled the world, the answer should be simple: It is not "natural"--or innate--to be afraid to show yourself naked. Modesty--or the lack of it--is first and foremost a matter of social convention. "
108 " There exists a world. In terms of probability this borders on the impossible. It would have been far more likely if, by chance, there was nothing at all. Then, at least, no one would have began asking why there was nothing. "
― Jostein Gaarder , Maya
109 " Memiliki hati nurani tidak sama dengan menggunakannya "
110 " A philosophical question is by definition something that each generation, each individual even, must ask over and over again. "
111 " أن الله بطبيعته مستعص على الإدراك الفكري. من هنا يصبح خضوع الإنسان للإرادة الإلهية أهم من فهم السر الإلهي ص 209 "
112 " Jika rusa kecil itu bisa tergeletak tak bernyawa di hutan, mungkin akan semudah itulah giliranku berikutnya untuk mati. "
113 " عندما يبدأ الإنسان بالتفكير يجد أجوبته داخل نفسه. "
114 " إن القدرة على التمييز بين الخير و الشر تكمن في عقل الإنسان ، لا في المجتمع . "
115 " لا يكون الإنسان سعيدا إلا إذانمى القدرات التي يملكها بالقوة . "
116 " و شيئا فشيئا بدأ شكل من أشكال الديمقراطية ،يرى النور.وكان أحد الشروط الضرورية لإقامة الديمقراطية ،أن يصبح الشعب مستنيرا ليستطيع المساهمة في المشروع الديمقراطي. "
117 " من المستحيل أن يكون الإنسان سعيداً إذا تصرف على عكس قناعاته "
118 " لقد كان سقراط بتظاهره عدم المعرفة ، يجبر الناس على التفكير كان يعرف أن يلعب دور الجاهل أو على الأقل دور من هو أكثر غباء . "
119 " هناك من يمضون أوقاتهم في السرقة و الكذب و النميمة والافتراء على الآخرين .ألا تعتقدين أنهم لا يعرفون في أعماقهم أن هذا سيئ ، أو أنه غير مبرر على الأقل ؟ أتعتقدين أن هذا يجعلهم سعداء ؟ سقراط لم يكن يعتقد ذلك . "
120 " إن مجتمعاً لا يُعلم ويشغل النساء، هو أشبه بإنسان يستخدم يده اليمنى فقط ! "
