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2012 (Oslo) 1. Beauty does not manifest itself, but is revealed by man. If Lin Tang (orchid pavilion) and its clear river and slender bamboo had not been described by Wang i!hi ("#"$"%&), they 'ould have disappeared in deserted mountains 'ithout being (no'n.) Liu *ongyuan (++"$,&-). 2. The sad truth is that most evil is done by people 'ho never ma(e up their minds to be good or evil.) .annah /rendt, The Life of the Mind (&-+,). 3. If 0an animal1 suffers, there can be no moral 2ustification for disregarding that suffering, or for refusing to count it e3ually 'ith the li(e suffering of any other being. But the converse of this is also true. If a being is not capable of suffering, or of en2oyment, there is nothing to ta(e into account.) 4eter 5inger, Animal Liberation (&-+6). 4. /nd 'hen 'e 3uestion 'hether the underlying ob2ect is such as it appears, 'e grant the fact that it appears, and our doubt does not concern the appearance itself but the account given of that appearance 7 and that is a different thing from 3uestioning the appearance itself. 8or e9ample, honey appears to us to be s'eet (and this 'e grant, for 'e perceive s'eetness through the senses), but 'hether it is also s'eet in its essence is for us a matter of doubt, since this is not an appearance but a 2udgment about the appearance.) 5e9tus :mpiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism I. &# (;nd century /<).