Anatomy

How fortunate is the human animal that his anatomy permits him to gaze up at other planets - it is his only redeeming feature!

Pertaining to the Universe

All we can say is that the Universe will continue to get as complex as it can.

The Limits of Greatness

...and even if one day we were to have a truly great thought we would in all likelihood fail to recognise it as such.

Job Description

The job of the philosopher is to become unemployed.

Poetry

The bird sang like a bird singing.

Change

Every philosophy, like every species, will become extinct.

Fashion victims

Civilisation is but a passing fad.