The Spirit Is At Home, If Not

Socrates' Way Of Life Is The Consequence Of His Recognition That We Can Know What It Is That We Do Not Know About The Most Important Things And That We Are By Nature Obliged To Seek That Knowledge.

There Are Two Threats To Reason, The Opinion That One Knows The Truth About The Most Important Things And The Opinion That There Is No Truth About Them. Both Of These Opinions Are Fatal To Philosophy; The First Asserts That The Quest For Truth Is Unnecessary, While The Second Asserts That It Is Impossible. The Socratic Knowledge Of Ignorance, Which I Take To Be The Beginning Point Of All Philosophy, Defines The Sensible Middle Ground Between Two Extremes.

Most Of All I Admire Mozart's Capacity To Be Both Deep And Rational, A Combination Often Said To Be Impossible.

Nothing Is More Singular About This Generation Than Its Addiction To Music.

The Most Important Function Of The University In An Age Of Reason Is To Protect Reason From Itself.