you dont have to necessarily take the question literally. it could be metaphorical too.
2007-12-20 04:19:48 · 14 answers · asked by Ramble 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I have been trying to find the original of the quote, "To travel hopefully is better than to arrive." There seem to be a lot of different people credited with it on the Web.
Chesterton seems to have commented on it a lot, but I will offer a rejoinder from another favorite source:
"For me there is no such thing as a final answer. The free wind of inquiry must always continue to blow through the mind, must it not? 'Prove all things' . . . to travel hopefully is better than to arrive."
"If that were true, and known to be true, how could anyone travel hopefully? There would be nothing to hope for."
2007-12-20 04:30:51 · answer #1 · answered by Samwise 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've caught yourself in a linguistic trap. 'Better' implies 'for', but English doesn't make you provide it. Thus this question as asked had no definite answer because it is incomplete.
When you send a letter, it is better to travel or arrive? The travel is pointless... you sent it ONLY to arrive.
When you take a trip around the world, it is better to travel or arrive? Arriving gets you where you started out... you could have just never left. You are taking this journey ONLY to travel.
I hope you see what I'm saying. There is no universal 'better'. It all depends on the circumstances and your purpose.
2007-12-20 04:31:40 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Travel. Travelling is like the hunt or the chase, the anticipation of things is almost always better than the actual event. See I get Hand Jobs a lot from pros and massage parlors and the anticipation is almost almost always better than the actual Hand Job, just like a meal go to a barbecue joint and smell the aroma when you are real hungry and then when the meal comes it is great but not like the thoughts and fantasy of the food or the HJ
2007-12-20 04:26:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I like to arrive--at the end of my next trip (this coming Saturday) my grandson will be waiting with my daughter and I haven't seen him in nearly half his life--he'll be 3 in January!
2007-12-20 04:39:16 · answer #4 · answered by LadyBug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The journey is whats special about arriving.
2007-12-20 04:31:28 · answer #5 · answered by jimi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like the traveling more than the arriving
2007-12-20 04:24:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a continuum. Travel is the essence but you have to arrive to reflect and plan your next travel.
2007-12-20 04:29:00 · answer #7 · answered by BK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Literally and metaphorically, it all depends on where you're going and how you get there.
2007-12-20 04:31:47 · answer #8 · answered by leonorfarfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arriving is awesome. The long-awaited moment is finally upon you.
2007-12-20 04:23:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one or the other,i would say.
i give this answer because the question is
supposedly highly intelligent and/or academic;
Why; Answer = "you tell me(how one can travel and not arrive,Or vice versa)!
2007-12-20 04:43:26 · answer #10 · answered by peter m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋