His system of morality was the most benevolent and sublime probably that has been ever taught, and consequently more perfect than those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Some women think being arrogant, selfish, bitter and looking down on others are qualities of being an Independent, strong, powerful and successful… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
For one thing, I think that there are questions which philosophers raise which, although science bears on them, are not typically the… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
As Enlightenment philosophers and scholars consciously adopted the methods of science to establish such abstract concepts as rights, liberty, and justice, successive… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
More than one philosopher has claimed that we ever remain children, far beneath the indurated layers that make up the armour of… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
If what the philosophers say be true, that all men's actions proceed from one source; that as they assent from a persuasion… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. We are not afraid of the darkness. We trust that… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Oh, ye infidel philosophers, teach me how to find joy in sorrow, strength in weakness, and light in darkest days; how to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
If in heroic conduct, whether of warriors, philosophers or scientists, we see what is of essential nature, then we know that all… — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of sufferers in this world: those who suffer from a lack of life and those who suffer from… — Louis Mackey Copy Share Image
I intend Deaths in Venice to contribute both to literary criticism and to philosophy. But it's not "strict philosophy" in the sense… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“Reason is independent of all external authority, is outwardly autonomous; it is not, however, inwardly independent in relation to the whole life… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
“That a free, or at least an unsaturated acid usually exists in the stomachs of animals, and is in some manner connected… — William Prout Copy Share Image
The Grand Duke [of Tuscany] ...after observing the Medicaean plants several times with me ... has now invited me to attach myself… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
During the '80s, those you would call the young philosophers of France, such as Bernard-Henri Lévy and [André ] Gluxman, pointed out… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
Sydney Smith playfully says that common sense was invented by Socrates, that philosopher having been one of its most conspicuous exemplars in… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and unenquiring eye… — John Herschel Copy Share Image
The ultimate freedom depends on knowing the ultimate Truth. Truth is not what people say it is, it is what it is.… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people who are philosophers and they sit by the river and talk about what that underwater world… — Stana Katic Copy Share Image
“Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Most "process" philosophy is historicist (e.g., Hegel) and not concerned with "deep time." Maybe Whitehead is an exception. He may be a… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until they know nothing about everything. Scientists are people who… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
“Just as a novelist may sometimes wonder why he invents characters who do not exist and makes them do things which do… — Edward St. Aubyn Copy Share Image
You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society. Of… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
When philosophers use a word--"knowledge," "being," "object," "I," "proposition," "name"--and try to grasp the essence of the thing, one must always ask… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“In the philosopher, conversely, there is nothing whatever that is impersonal;7 and above all, his morality bears decided and decisive witness to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.'… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they… — Vilhjalmur Stefansson Copy Share Image
“The condition and characteristic of an uninstructed person is this: he never expects from himself profit (advantage) nor harm, but from externals.… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
One of the things that you see ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree on is that strong relationships are a key to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I love Osho. I don't know if you would call him a philosopher; I would just call him a really cool dude.… — Willow Smith Copy Share Image
You got this new breed of hipster chicks and hipster men that don't understand anything about sacrifice. They didn't lay it on… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire likened life to a game of cards. Players must accept the cards dealt to them. However, once… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
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