"Skepticism with regard to the senses had troubled Greek philosophers from a very early stage... The Sophists, notably…"

"We can still have a genre of scientific books suitable for and accessible alike to professionals and interested laype…"

"The impression that our general populace is better educated depends on an ambiguity in the meaning of the word educat…"

"That gray net of abstraction, used to cover the world in order to simplify and explain it in a way that is pleasing t…"

"If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it’s quite conscious."

"Why do I require an hour to give this lecture when all I have to say really could go into roughly six sentences? Beca…"

"Ambiguity, multivalence, the fact that language simply cannot be regarded as a clear and final exposition of what it …"

"My narrative may be invaded by inaccuracy and confusion; but if I live no longer, I will, at least, live to complete …"

"Ambiguity— Maybe it’s not something to fear. Maybe it’s just another adventure to take or puzzle to solve."

"Life is inherently ambiguous; baseball games pit pure good against abject evil. Even Saddam Hussein must have committ…"