The Mind Knows Only What Lies Near

The Fundamental Facts About The Greek Was That He Had To Use His Mind. The Ancient Priest Had Said, "thus Far And No Farther. We Set The Limits Of Thought." The Greeks Said, All Things Are To Be Examined And Called Into Question. There Are No Limits Set On Thought.

Civilization...is A Matter Of Imponderables, Of Delight In The Thins Of The Mind, Of Love Of Beauty, Of Honor, Grace, Courtesy, Delicate Feeling. Where Imponderables, Are Things Of First Importance, There Is The Height Of Civilization, And, If At The Same Time, The Power Of Art Exists Unimpaired, Human Life Has Reached A Level Seldom Attained And Very Seldom Surpassed.

Old Ideas Are Continually Being Slain By New Facts. There Is Nothing Stable In The Conclusions Of The Mind, And It Is Impossible That There Ever Should Be Unless We Hold That The Universe Is Made To The Measure Of The Human Mind, An Assumption For Which Nothing In The Past Gives Any Warrant.

... Clear Thinking Is Not The Characteristic Which Distinguishes Our Literature Today. We Are More And More Caught Up By The Unintelligible. People Like It. This Argues An Inability To Think, Or, Almost As Bad, A Disinclination To Think.

Sooner Or Later, If The Activity Of The Mind Is Restricted Anywhere It Will Cease To Function Even Where It Is Allowed To Be Free.