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Gabriel Marcel
French
Philosopher
About the author
Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Home
#Man
#Wisdom
#Contemplation
But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Science
But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Life
#Logic
#Music
#Mathematics
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Life
#Man
#Contemplation
The striking thing about the Precious Blood is the bond it establishes between love and suffering in our experience, a bond that has become so close that we have come to think of suffering accepted with joy as the most authentic sign of love with any depth at all.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Love
#Experience
#Suffering
#Joy
#Blood
The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Spirit
#Battle
#Philosophy
On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Man
Metaphysics is a science.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Science
#Metaphysics
It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Right
#Metaphysics
Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Man
Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.
Gabriel Marcel,
French
Philosopher
#Music
#Mathematics