Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at night. (Terry Eagleton)

Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at night.

Terry Eagleton

Related topics

flies mean minerva night owl retrospective sense understanding hegel

Related quotes

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. View quote
Helen Keller
Laws are like Cobwebs which may catch small Flies, but let Wasps and Hornets break through. View quote
Jonathan Swift
I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so. View quote
Stephen Leacock
The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things which lifts human life a little above the level of farce and gives it some of the grace of tragedy. View quote
Steven Weinberg
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham