- Leibniz

We tend to think that world is rationally constructed because reason is our only tool to understand world. I rather deeply suspect that construction of world is not based on reason but something else; so reason cannot uncover its secrets.

- Joshi

The senses deceive us, but reason reveals truth.

- Parmenides of Elea

The senses deceive us as space is a virtual reality, and I suspect that reason is also a form of deception.

- Joshi

Man is a rational animal and I fear that it could be his ultimate philosophical tragedy.

- Joshi

We have to believe that there is no proof.

- Joshi

Change and motion and space and time are all in mind.

- Zeno of Elea

Yes, and mind is non - spatial.

- Joshi

Space is really non - spatial.

- Joshi

Capitalism is most sophisticated form of barbarism.

- Joshi

Fear is worst form of violence.

- Joshi

Freedom is a relative term. Absolutely it is impossible.

- Joshi

To be is to be a slave.

- Joshi

To be moral is to be irrational, because morality is relative, and in absolute terms it is absurd.

- Joshi

So far, an atheist is one who cannot prove that God does not exist. Also he is one who only disagrees with conventional proofs / arguments for existence of God.

- Joshi

If you want to meet a most narrow minded and orthodox person, go and find an ordinary scientist.

- Joshi

Even absence is present.

- Joshi

An actor is a person who has two presents which are not in agreement with each other.

- Joshi

Living is greatest addiction.

- Joshi

The oldest and youngest entity in world is world itself.

- Joshi

The most uncertain and adventures form of science is called philosophy.

- Joshi

Language is a servant of thought. And sometimes commands of masters are too profound to obey.

- Joshi

The greatest wisdom lies in deepest understanding of universe.

- Joshi

Great things are often victims of harsh criticism. Philosophy is one of them.

- Joshi

No human society can be perfect or ideal mainly because its needs and capacities can never be in harmony.

- Joshi

A ( logical / conceptual ) paradox can exist only if reason is flawed.

- Joshi

I think problem of creation of universe involves a paradox which further implies that reason is flawed.

- Joshi

Representation of thought is always non - spatial. Thought cannot exist in a spatial form.

- Joshi

Writing is a thinker's way to perfection.

- Joshi

Perhaps nothing is ultimately true or false.

- Joshi

Everything knows something.

- Joshi

Life is a dream because space is a virtual reality.

- Joshi

The study of economics is equivalent to study of structure of a system. Greater structure greater economics.

- Joshi

Man is a philosophical animal. ( I think somebody has said this before. )

- Joshi

A big industrial city, say London, and a small undeveloped village are both extremes, that sound me like an uncivilised barbaric place. The later is far backward in time while former inhabits only machines. I rather prefer a golden mean, like Cambridge.

- Joshi

The human species is constantly striving for more. More food, more friends, more love, more money, more sex, more power to get all good things. You and I are not unique in this regard. We want to have more of things which please us.

In our striving for more, mankind has created various systems of knowledge (sciences) which help us to attain most we possibly can. We have sciences of mathematics, chemistry, physics, aerodynamics, psychology, astronomy, biology, zoology, economics, and many more. These sciences are well respected, and for good reason. They help us attain more than we could without them.

But how well respected were these sciences before they were called a science? Before there was chemistry, it was called alchemy and it's practitioners were ridiculed. Before mathematics was numerology (which still exists today). How serious do we take those who practice this 'art'. And before astronomy was astrology.

What difference is there between sciences of today and their predecessors of yesterday? Only one thing differentiates them. One has been proven to work and other hasn't. Many people today ask "do you believe in astrology?" suggesting that there has not been enough proof to substantiate its validity as a science. No-one asks "do you believe in astronomy?", do they?

Today, we have new sciences being born. The field of psychology has learned much from it's predecessor, parapsychology, and still does. New technologies in psychology are being tested and added to science. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is one such technology, and even hypnosis was not identified as a distinct technology until this last century. Psychology is a science that is still fairly young, with a extensive list of scientific laws yet to be discovered.

In fact, scientists realize that they know less about human mind than they do about galactic systems of Universe! What is mind actually capable of? This is one question that remains unanswered, because new discoveries of mind's capabilities are constantly being made. How does mind work? Another unanswered question.

Coming from a different direction, religion has been another area which promises to give us more of things we want. We are taught in many religions that if we are good, and have faith that God will answer our prayers, then we will receive thing asked for.