State of Grace
On this date in 1929,
Grace Kelly was born.
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Enough — the first Abode On the familiar Road Galloped in Dreams — — Emily Dickinson |
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“Nonbeing must in some sense be, otherwise what is it that there is not? This tangled doctrine might be nicknamed Plato’s beard; historically it has proved tough, frequently dulling the edge of Occam’s razor…. I have dwelt at length on the inconvenience of putting up with it. It is time to think about taking steps.”
— Willard Van Orman Quine, 1948, “On What There Is,” reprinted in From a Logical Point of View, Harvard University Press, 1980
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“Item: Friar Guillaume’s razor
ne’er shaved the barber,
it is much too dull.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
Glory Road
Related material:
Plato, Pegasus, and
the Evening Star