House of Convictions
I should like to say: If I am wrong about this
I have no guarantee that anything I say is true.
That is to say: If I make certain statements false
It’s uncertain I understand anything. Continue reading
Certainty ii
When first we begin to believe
what we believe is a whole system;
a totality of judgments made plausible to us.
Light only dawns gradually over the whole. Continue reading
Certainty i
Certainty. A tone of voice in which
one declares how things are.
These I should expunge from philosophical language.
Purge the sentences that don’t push us further. Continue reading