Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.
Category Archive: March 10
Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.
Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.
I personally don’t think of myself as either an optimist or a pessimist.
What I am most proud of is the legacy of hope that FIFA and football leaves around the world. It makes all of the efforts and energy I pour into this job worth it.
Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man.
Because I love football and I love the footballers.
Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.