The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

Quote by Gaston Bachelard

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If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say:...

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say:...

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

The words of the world want to make sentences.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for...

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for...

Man is an imagining being.

Man is an imagining being.

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our...

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our...

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

There is no original truth, only original error.

There is no original truth, only original error.

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from...

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image,...

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image,...