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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science

2546	Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn]
	Full Idea: Philosophy marks the limits of human theoretical intelligence. Philosophy is an attempt to overstep our cognitive bounds, a kind of magnificent failure.
	From: Colin McGinn (The Mysterious Flame [1999], p.209)
	A reaction: No one attempts to overstep boundaries once they are confirmed as such. The magnificent attempts persist because failure is impossible to demonstrate (except, perhaps, by Gödel's Theorem).