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!
There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.
Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering.
Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric.
The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.
We lose our hair, our teeth! Our bloom, our ideals.
It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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