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!
If there is something comforting - religious, if you want - about paranoia, there is still also anti-paranoia, where nothing is connected to anything, a condition not many of us can bear for long.
Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.
When the United States fought in Vietnam, it was organized modern technology versus organized human beings, and the human beings won.
We are fascinated by the darkness in ourselves, we are fascinated by the shadow, we are fascinated by the bogeyman.
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
All misery and pain come from attachment.
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