Many A Genius Has Been

The Spontaneous Tendency To Invoke A Final Cause In Explanation Of Every Difficulty Is Characteristic Of Metaphysical Philosophy. It Arises From A General Tendency Towards The Impersonation Of Abstractions Which Is Visible Throughout History.

The Discoverer And The Poet Are Inventors; And They Are So Because Their Mental Vision Detects The Unapparent, Unsuspected Facts, Almost As Vividly As Ocular Vision Rests On The Apparent And Familiar.

If A Work Of Art Is Placed Before Me, I Believe I Can Enjoy It; But I Do Not Overlook The Fact, That Art Is One Thing, Another Thing Amusement; And That People Do Like Amusements, And Will Run After It.

I Am Suspicious Without A Motive, And Jealous Without Love; Although I Feel I Ought To Love Since I Desire To Be Loved.

Roger Bacon, A Disciple Of The Arabs, Also Insisted On The Primary Necessity Of Mathematics, Without Which No Other Science Can Be Known; Yet By Mathematics It Is Clear That He Meant Something Very Different From What We Mean, Including Under That Head Even Dancing, Singing, Gesticulation, And Performance On Musical Instruments.