The task of philosophy is not to provide answers, but to question the questions themselves.
哲学的任务不是提供答案,而是对问题本身提出质疑。
We don't just manufacture chemicals; we enable progress.
A building must be both shelter and symbol.
The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.