Reason and Writing

NOTHING IS MORE COMMONPLACE than a person's testimony about the emotions that overcame him when an idea took hold of him, modifying his way of seeing, his understanding of the world. We are familiar enough with Nietzsche's moment of enlightenment at Sils-Maria-a sensation of grandeur, of eternity, of the truth's return. Nor should we forget the last words scribbled by Evariste Galois-the final look at a royal thought, at a final equation. However, the psychologist (a title that should be highly ranked-the logician of the soul) will quickly come to a standstill before an imposing difficulty

Linguistics · Computer Science · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel · Philosophy · Psychology