Gabriel Marcel Quotes

French - Philosopher | December 7, 1889 - October 8, 1973

But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.

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Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.

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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.

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On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.

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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.

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Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.

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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.

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Metaphysics is a science.

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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.

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But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object.

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