That one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“There is a universal reservoir, the source of all knowledge, which is the same for the arts and sciences as for philosophy… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“Being a woman, I have found the road rougher than had I been born a man. Different defenses, different codes of ethics,… — Joan Fontaine Copy Share Image
“There is no intellectual exercise that is not ultimately pointless. A philosophical doctrine is, at first, a plausible description of the universe;… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“I truly am %100 convinced that, if you want to raise knights and noble women, you must teach your children the philosophies… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
I almost became a political journalist, having worked as a reporter at the time of Watergate. The proximity to those events motivated… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
My view of ethics and of its priority is connected to my view that we are fundamentally relational beings - both the… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
Of course, there remains the question of why we should find mind-brain identities so persistently counter-intuitive, if they are true. But this… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
The history of the Church has been a history of divisiveness, repression and reaction. For almost 2000 years, Christianity has held mankind… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“The origins of any productive system seem to be traceable to conditions in which the self-interest driven purposes of individuals are allowed… — Butler Shaffer Copy Share Image
Philosophers do need to have intuitions of various specific sorts: ethical, metaphysical, etc., depending on their targeted subject matter. And they must… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
“This feeling that--contrary to the consciously philosophic and historical conception which proclaims unceasing and peaceful progress--one is experiencing a last brief, irretrievable… — Gyorgy Lukács Copy Share Image
I am not robbed by people who have more money than me. I am robbed by a government that wants to penalize… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
Theoretical scientists who probe the secrets of the universe and philosophers who seek answers to existence, as well as painters such as… — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
“still the teachings of the philosophers are not the commandments of the gods, but the discoveries of men, who, at the prompting… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“It's really great fun to go someplace where there are no timesaving devices because, when you do, you find that you have… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
The philosophic mind inclines always to an elaborate life--the life of Goethe or of Leonardo da Vinci; but the life of the… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“You know, kid, ethics isn't about choosing between right and wrong; it's about choosing between grey and grey. It's about choosing between… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
Basically, I realized I was living in that awful stage of life between twenty-six to and thirty-seven known as stupidity. It's when… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Abstract reason, formerly the servant of practical human reasons, has everywhere become its master, and denies poetry any excuse for existence. Though… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
I was never a "big thinker". One of my philosophies in Linux has always been to not worry about the future too… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
May you walk a lighted path. May you fight for truth - your truth, not someone else's - and may you understand,… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
Philosophy can be said to consist of three activities: to see the commonsense answer, to get yourself so deeply into the problem… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Today, the fundamental global objective of all education aspiring not only to progress but to the survival of humanity is to Civilize… — Edgar Morin Copy Share Image
“When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“You cannot avoid the interplay of politics within an orthodox religion. The power struggle permeates the training, education and disciplining of the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
We now live in a 'post-Christian' America . The Judeo-Christian ethic no longer guides our social institutions. Christian ideals and values no… — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
“But of all the deadly theories by means of which you are now being destroyed, I would like to warn you about… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Rothra's excellent biography of Charles Torrey Simpson restates his philosophies about the intrinsic value of natural ecosystems like the Everglades. No… — Marjory Stoneman Douglas Copy Share Image
“There is nothing inherently evil in the process of making money, and the notion is illogical, but that is one of the… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“ But are there philosophical problems? The present position of English philosophy - my point of departure - originates, I believe, in… — Karl R. Popper Copy Share Image
I know that you, ladies and gentlemen, have a philosophy, each and all of you, and that the most interesting and important… — William James Copy Share Image
“Our Stoic philosophers, as you know, maintain that there are two elements in the universe from which all things are derived, namely… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
“For we conceive it as the aim of a philosopher, as such, to do somewhat more than define and formulate the common… — Henry Sidgwick Copy Share Image
We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find… — Nursultan Nazarbayev Copy Share Image
Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Leadership is comprised of a can do mentality and raises the bar of ethics and morality! Make it a point to treat… — Bobby Compton Copy Share Image
Over the centuries, we've moved on from Scripture to accumulate precepts of ethical, legal and moral philosophy. We've evolved a liberal consensus… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
