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[Washington had won] a war for independence and then gone home. [He embodied] the legend of the Roman who returned to his plow after saving his country.

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Julian Baggini

Many people are never happier than when they get the opportunity to complain, while others are deeply unhappy with how things are but just accept the fact. Complaint occurs when we refuse to accept that things are wrong and we do something about it, even if that something is simply articulating our unease.

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Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.

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The idea that the mind can extend even beyond the body is an intriguing one, and is bound to become more pressing as we increasingly develop technologies that augment our natural abilities.

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No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.

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I am very Aristotelian in approach - not in detail - so I always find I'm saying things that get people frustrated like 'It's a matter of balance and judgement'. To a lot of philosophers these are terrible words because they're admitting of vagueness and uncertainty. The more I've done philosophy, the more I've become convinced that that is the way it is.

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No one has ever understood anything better by assuming that there is no reason for why it is the way it is.

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