(found in Lecture V. – Pragmatism and Common Sense – Pragmatism, A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James)

(found in Part I. Concerning God. Definitions. Axioms. – The Ethics by Benedict de Spinoza)

(cut-up from Pleasure’s Sting, VIII. – The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius)

(found in Section II The Misery of Man Without God – Pascal’s Pensées by Blaise Pascal)

With sincere thanks to Briony Highes, I am delighted to have my poem Echo at Osmosis today. I appreciate also the thoughtfulness of references made to my wider work.

(found in title: Third Book. The World as Idea. Second Aspect. The Idea Independent Of The Principle of Sufficient Reason: The Platonic Idea: The Object of Art. – The World As Will and Idea by Arthur Shopenhauer)

(found in Chapter I. Appearance and Reality – The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell)

(prompted by I. THE THREE METAMORPHOSES – Thus Spake Zarathustra, A Book for All and None by Friedrich Nietzsche)

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