Fire and Knowledge » Existentialism http://www.fireandknowledge.org A web site by Joshua Sowin that addresses culture, books, technology, ecology, religion, and other topics. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Can we actually “know” the universe? (Allen) http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/02/28/can-we-actually-know-the-universe-allen/ http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/02/28/can-we-actually-know-the-universe-allen/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:45:50 +0000 Josh Sowin http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2007/02/28/can-we-actually-know-the-universe-allen/

Can we actually “know” the universe? My God, it’s hard enough finding your way around in Chinatown.

–Woody Allen, Getting Even (1971) in The Complete Prose of Woody Allen, 170

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What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.

–Woody Allen, Without Feathers (1975) in The Complete Prose of Woody Allen, 10

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