Saturday, February 15, 2014

Philosopher and his students

The philosopher does sometimes get so interested in his technique that he forgets the human interest that may have first led him and his students to philosophy; the student suffers from impatience to get to the main point. Some philosophers are like pianists who play only scales; on the other hand some students are like beginners in music who are so anxious to play Beethoven that they resent having to learn scales.
~ Lewis White Beck

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