Word/philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words word and/or philosophy:

    “Thus the theory of description matters most.
    It is the theory of the word for those
    For whom the word is the making of the world,
    The buzzing world and lisping firmament.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “In philosophy if you aren’t moving at a snail’s pace you aren’t moving at all.”
    —Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)