Cobwebs of Thought

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Cobwebs of Thought, by ArachneThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Cobwebs of ThoughtAuthor: ArachneRelease Date: October 16, 2004 [eBook #13766]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COBWEBS OF THOUGHT***E-text prepared by Clare Boothby, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamCOBWEBS OF THOUGHTby"ARACHNE"LondonCONTENTS.CHAPTERI. OUR IGNORANCE OF OURSELVESII. CONTRASTSIII. MAETERLINCK ON HAMLETIV. AN IMPOSSIBLE PHILOSOPHYV. IMPRESSIONS OF GEORGE SANDMOTTO."The first philosophers, whether Chaldeans or Egyptians, said there must be something within us which produces ourthought. That something must be very subtle: it is breath; it is fire, it is ether; it is a quintessence; it is a slender likeness; itis an intelechia; it is a number; it is harmony; lastly, according to the divine Plato, it is a compound of the same and theother! It is atoms which think in us, said Epicurus after Democritus. But, my friend, how does an atom think?Acknowledge that thou knowest nothing of the matter." —VOLTAIRE.I.OUR IGNORANCE OF OURSELVES.Self-Analysis, apart from its scientific uses, has seldom rewarded those who have practised it. To probe into the innerworld of ...