Plato's Symposium shows that flirtation and philosophy can further one another.
The grandeur of a philosophy does not certify its truth.
As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.
Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run.
The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.
When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.
Against classical philosophy: thinking about eternity or the immensity of the universe does not lessen my unhappiness.
In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.
