© Toru Tanaka

Black cat analogy

Philosophy is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat.

Metaphysics is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat that isn't there.

Theology is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat that isn't there, and shouting "I found it!"

Science is like being in a dark room and looking for a switch. The light will reveal a cat... if there is one.

© Francesca Woodman

Disordered Interior Geometries, 1980-1981
via Foxes in Breeches

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Edward Gorey & Cats

© Josef Koudelka

Jean Burden

“Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds.”

© Elliott Erwitt

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