In my view all salvation for philosophy may be expected to come from Darwin's theory
Interpretation
Boltzmann suggests that Darwin's theory provides a crucial foundation for philosophical understanding.
Ludwig Boltzmann believes that Darwin's theory of evolution has profound implications for philosophy, offering insights that can lead to a deeper understanding of existence and the nature of reality. His view implies that the scientific advancements brought about by Darwin's ideas can lead to a reevaluation of philosophical questions regarding life and existence.
In practice
A speaker at a conference on the philosophy of science might use this quote to emphasize the importance of scientific theories.
The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials, these for organisms are air water & soil, all abundantly available, nor for energy which exists in plenty in the sun and any hot body in the form of heat, but rather a struggle for entropy, which becomes available through the transition of energy from the hot sun to the cold earth.
Bring forward what is true, Write it so that it is clear, Defend it to your last breath!
Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstance require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.
For me, the problem of time is linked up with that of death, with the thought that we inevitably draw closer and closer to it, with the horror of decay.
The glory of God always comes at the sacrifice of self.
Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.
The fate of an epoch that has eaten of the tree of knowledge is that it must...recognize that general views of life and the universe can never be the products of increasing empirical knowledge, and that the highest ideals, which move us most forcefully, are always formed only in the struggle with other ideals which are just as sacred to others as ours are to us.
And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.
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