“The object of psychology is to give us an entirely different idea of the things we know best.”

Original: L'objet de la psychologie est de nous donner une idée tout autre des choses que nous connaissons le mieux. — Psychology becomes valuable when it makes familiar aspects of ourselves strange enough to examine afresh. · Tel quel (French)

• Discovery
• Psychology
• Self Knowledge

“The answer we give ourselves is never certainly anything other than the question itself.”

Original: La réponse que nous nous faisons n'est jamais assurément que la question elle-même. — Some answers merely restate the assumptions already contained within the questions that produced them. · Eupalinos ou l'Architecte (French)

• Doubt
• Philosophy
• Questions

“Every doctrine necessarily presents itself as a more advantageous proposition than the others. It therefore depends upon the others.”

Original: Toute doctrine se présente nécessairement comme une affaire plus avantageuse que les autres. Elle dépend donc des autres. — Competing systems of thought define themselves partly through comparison with rival systems. · Tel quel (French)

• Belief
• Comparison
• Ideas