~Fatima Mostafa Farwa~

What is the foundation of all philosophical systems of ancient and modern times, in fact of all the philosophy of man? I am, I think; I think, therefore I am. But how could I think and how would I know that I exist, if I had not the eye? For knowledge involves consciousness: consciousness involves ideas, conceptions: conceptions involve pictures or images, and images, the sense of vision, and therefore the organ of sight. But how about blind men, will be asked? Yes, a blind man may depict in magnificent poems, forms and scenes from real life, from a world he physically does not see. A blind man may touch the keys of an instrument with unerring precision, may build the fastest boat, may discover and invent, calculate and construct, may do still greater wonders- but all the blind men who have done such things have descended from those who had seeing eyes.

Then, like a sweet mistake, she disappeared.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.