“Philosophy is that activity by which the meaning of propositions is established or discovered; it is a question of what the propositions… — Moritz Schlick Copy Share Image
You know, they've got these chocolate assortments, and you like some but you don't like others? And you eat all the ones… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I feel the gods are pretty dead, though I suppose I ought to know that however, to be somewhat more philosophical in… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“Anarchism is not chaos; Anarchism is not rejection of organization. This is another popular misconception, repeated ad nauseam by the corporate media… — Chaz Bufe Copy Share Image
Ah, the camel of Cairo! ... He went quietly and comfortably through the narrowest lanes and the densest crowds by the mere… — Sara Jeannette Duncan Copy Share Image
A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
A Republican philosophy goes something like this: If you take your car to the mechanic, and instead of fixing it, they take… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
“What now matters most is how we respond to various risks to the survival of humanity. We are creating some of these… — Derek Parfit Copy Share Image
“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses: "1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil. 2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil. 3. Knowledge… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I watch Fox news for the comedy, MSNBC when I need to be reminded that mind midgets exist and CNN when I… — James Scott, Senior Fellow, The Center for Cyber Influence Operations Studies (CCIOS Copy Share Image
“Eros is the drive for union and reproduction in the biological realm. Even in the birds and animals, we see the "desire… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“The peculiar, withdrawn attitude of the philosopher, world denying, hostile to life, suspicious of the senses, freed from sensuality, which has been… — Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I speak about universal evolution and teleological evolution; because I think the process of evolution reflects the wisdom of nature. I see… — Jonas Salk Copy Share Image
“For instance, there is something new about my hands, a certain way of picking up my pipe or fork. Or else it's… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
“The urge to destruction is deducible from thermodynamics. Life is a fraud, an attempt at enbezzlement, seeking to circumvent laws otherwise inevitable… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
Why has time disappeared in our culture? How is it that after decades of inventions and new technologies devoted to saving time… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
Conservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man's spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand,—… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
I always have done work on mythic relations since I started writing. I really want to be a novelist, or at least… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
I'm the company philosopher and the burr in the saddle. I'm the one who says we need to try harder, improve the… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
“Both [Quine and Feyerabend] want to revise a version of positivism. Quine started with the Vienna Circle, and Feyerabend with the Copenhagen… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
Inventing sources is not a crime in and of itself, although it certainly violates every code of journalistic ethics known to man.… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
“A philosophy of work is essential if we would be whole men, holy men, healthy men, joyous men. A certain amount of… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“Not only is [a mother] entrusted with the guardianship of the intellect and character of the world's statesmen and philosophers, but her… — C.E. Sargent Copy Share Image
In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Philosophy exists in profoundest opposition to rhetoric, which is speaking for the sake of producing or controlling some effect in others' perceptions.… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“As long as I have questions and no answers I’ll keep on writing. How do you start at the beginning, if things… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
“A respectable old man gives the following sensible account of the method he pursued when educating his daughter. "I endeavoured to give… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“When we come to deal with an institution of His, we dare never expect to fathom or test it by our poor,… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
I never think in terms of alienation; it's the others who do. Alienation means one thing to Hegel, another to Marx and… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
The human understanding is unquiet; it cannot stop or rest, and still presses onward, but in vain. Therefore it is that we… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
Sometimes I suspect that there are two prototypes of philosophers who write about humans - I call them "celestials" and "terrestrials", without… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
“It is often asked: Why was capitalism destroyed in spite of its incomparably beneficent record? The answer lies in the fact that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“We live in an extremely anxious age in which the core of our beliefs has been undermined to a great extent by… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“One more word about giving instruction as to what the world ought to be. Philosophy in any case always comes on the… — Hegel Copy Share Image
Aristotle saw nature as intelligent and purposive, whereas for the Epicureans, and the 17th century 'mechanical' philosophers, there is no intentionality in… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
If mass communications blend together harmoniously, and often unnoticeably, art, politics, religion, and philosophy with commercials, they bring these realms of culture… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
The best way to know any future is to cause one. And thats why, you see, when you start consulting the oracle… — L Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
![“I feel the gods are pretty dead, though I suppose I ought to know that however, to be somewhat more philosophical in the matter, if atheism means simply not being a theist, then of course I'm an atheist. [Letter to Max Otto]” quote by John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/1bb/john-dewey-545_atheism_i-feel-the-gods-are-pretty-dead-though-i_1765425.png)
![“Both [Quine and Feyerabend] want to revise a version of positivism. Quine started with the Vienna Circle, and Feyerabend with the Copenhagen school of quantum mechanics. Both the Circle and the school have been called children of Ernst Mach; if so, the philosophies of Feyerabend and Quine must be…” quote by Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/809/ian-hacking-9085_philosophy_both-quine-and-feyerabend-want-to-revise_1774335.jpg)
![“Not only is [a mother] entrusted with the guardianship of the intellect and character of the world's statesmen and philosophers, but her gentle presence, as she bends over the cradle, and the silent influence of her daily life are shaping the entire moral character of the coming generation.” quote by C.E. Sargent](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/a69/c-e-sargent-225360_character_not-only-is-a-mother-entrusted-with-the_221117.jpg)
