As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
“Man's soul has three powers, and God left him prophets for all three: Jewish moralists for his will, Greek philosophers for his… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often… — Anita Dunn Copy Share Image
I hate ideologies of all kinds, so I avoid jargon. I've done enough philosophy to know that some specialized terms are really… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
What we owe future generations is the subject of growing debate by economists, philosophers, ethicists, public policymakers, and academics of all stripes.… — Leonor Varela Copy Share Image
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
“[Il ne manque cependant à l'oisiveté du sage qu'un meilleur nom, et que méditer, parler, lire, et être tranquille s'appelât travailler.] There… — Jean de La Bruyère Copy Share Image
I, for one, struggle a little bit with a $250,000 education for a philosophy degree. They are a wonderful people, but we… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Scientists and philosophers tend to treat knowledge, imagination and love as if they were all very separate parts of human nature. But… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Philosophers (and probably most intellectuals) are more interested in pursuing what they see as the logical implications of their theories than they… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
“and to be quite frank, that is precisely what we need philosophers for. We do not need them to choose a beauty… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
The great philosophers of the past who wrote so beautifully - Rousseau, John Stuart Mill - had to write beautifully because they… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
In regard to the philosophers, if they be true philosophers, i.e., lovers of truth, they should not be irritated that the earth… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
The human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some… — Plato Copy Share Image
I had no idea what philosophy was until I went to college at UBC. I first read Hume and Plato, so naturally… — Patricia Churchland Copy Share Image
I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Pagan philosophers set up reason as the sole guide of life, of wisdom and conduct; but Christian philosophy demands of us that… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in philosophy, but I don't' think there are any philosophers anymore. Now it's artists. It's a visual thing… — Michele Lamy Copy Share Image
“This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never gets quite used to the world. to him or her,… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
I felt the question of the afterlife was the black hole of the personal universe: something for which substantial proof of existence… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
The great philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries did not think that epistemological questions floated free of questions about how the… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
There’s a real question as to what beauty is and why it’s important to us. Many pseudo-philosophers try to answer these questions… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I am opposing it with an idea of the history of philosophy as a history of philosophers, that is, a history of… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
The method of exposition which philosophers have adopted leads many to suppose that they are simply inquiries, that they have no interest… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
“Either God exists or he does not. There is no middle ground. Both cannot be true. No amount of philosophical trickery can… — Joe Boot Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want everybody to be an art or literature major, but the world would be poorer - figuratively, anyway - if… — Nicholas Kristof 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
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
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
Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
“It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world. And in doing… — Jostein Gaarder 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
“The philosophers of the past were superficial,” Dr. Pritchett went on. “It remained for our century to redefine the purpose of philosophy.… — Ayn Rand 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
“[H]ere was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered: happiness might now be… — Thomas De Quincey Copy Share Image
A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy and to the theory of knowledge or… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
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