Not Curiosity, Not Vanity, Not The Consideration

In History, We Are Concerned With What Has Been And What Is; In Philosophy, However, We Are Concerned Not With What Belongs Exclusively To The Past Or To The Future, But With That Which Is, Both Now And Eternally — In Short, With Reason.

When We Walk The Streets At Night In Safety, It Does Not Strike Us That This Might Be Otherwise. This Habit Of Feeling Safe Has Become Second Nature, And We Do Not Reflect On Just How This Is Due Solely To The Working Of Special Institutions. Commonplace Thinking Often Has The Impression That Force Holds The State Together, But In Fact Its Only Bond Is The Fundamental Sense Of Order Which Everybody Possesses.

The Heart Is Everywhere, And Each Part Of The Organism Is Only The Specialized Force Of The Heart Itself.

The Few Assume To Be The Deputies, But They Are Often Only The Despoilers Of The Many.

Science And Knowledge, Especially That Of Philosophy, Came From The Arabs Into The West.