The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.
Source: The Biographical History of Philosophy.
-- George Henry Lewes, (Apr 18 1817-1878), English philosopher, critic, dramatist, scientist; He is remembered for his theory of metaphysical development of positivism and for his liaison with the English novelist Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot).