Philosophy, like science, consists of theories or insights arrived at as a result of systemic reflection or reasoning in regard to the… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
“Metaphysics, a completely isolated and speculative branch of rational knowledge which is raised above all teachings of experience and rests on concepts… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Certain issues in philosophy of science (having to do with observation and the definition of a theory's empirical import) had beenmisconstrued as… — Bas van Fraassen Copy Share Image
“only just emerged from a crush on Abe in her ethics class, Abe who was white, Abe who liked her well enough,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
It had nothing to do with gear or footwear or the backpacking fads or philosophies of any particular era or even with… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Of course we also live in a world of great beauty, sacrificial and passionate love, tenderness, prosperity, courage and joy. But quite… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
“White people must be seen, not heard (Sonnet 2913) In matters of human rights, white people must be seen, not heard; In… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“O my brave Almighty Human, with the ever-effulgent flow of courage, conscience and compassion, turn yourself into a vivacious humanizer, and start… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Seduced by the spectacular theoretical and practical successes of the objective sciences into thinking that the methods and criteria of those sciences… — D. R. Khashaba Copy Share Image
“Philosophy may be sometimes hard to grasp, but it is profoundly meaningful. Mudding the waters under the pretense of doing something meaningful… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it… — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling Copy Share Image
“[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty] One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.'… — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share Image
“Ennoblement and empowerment, however, are not achieved in the theological or political realms alone. In this chapter, I examine how the law… — Joshua A. Berman Copy Share Image
MODERN PHILOSOPHIES: 1. Love thy neighbor. But don't get caught. 2. The wise never marry. When they do, they become otherwise. 3.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As a black man Al, who went through the Civil rights fight in the 60s just like you did, and saw the… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
When we have heartbeat and brain waves, we refuse to accept it as the presence of life - this lack of logic… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
I ate them like salad, books were my sandwich for lunch, my tiffin and dinner and midnight munch. I tore out the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
But ah, to fish with a worm, and then not catch your fish! To fail with a fly is no disgrace: your… — Bliss Perry Copy Share Image
“Some subjects are in themselves, perhaps, perfectly harmless, and any amount of discussion over them would not be injurious to the faith… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
I kind of stumbled into acting, even though I've always been fascinated by people and kind of their motives, and it's been… — Adan Canto Copy Share Image
“Good is to be found neither in the sermons of religious teachers and prophets, nor in the teachings of sociologists and popular… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
“On the abstract level, I have turned the belief in my own fallibility into the cornerstone of an elaborate philosophy. On a… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions… — Thomas Kean, Jr Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Every naskar material that exists outside the books, exists only to redirect you to the canon - the gifs, the voice recordings,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Is the conclusion that the universe was designed - and that the design extends deeply into life - science, philosophy, religion, or… — Michael J. Behe Copy Share Image
“Those who are conquered," wrote the philosopher Ibn Khaldun in the fourteenth century, "always want to imitate the conqueror in his main… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Toxic people choose to judge you and treat you bad, based on their assumptions and perceptions they have about you, not based… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
“Instincts are effective tools of survival, but when it comes to finding true answers to real questions, your rational thinking is the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall,… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics and that there… — Vivek Wadhwa Copy Share Image
The constancies and equivalences adumbrated work havoc with such settled topical blocks as myth and philosophy, natural reason and revelation, philosophy and… — Eric Voegelin Copy Share Image
People study martial arts for many reasons, sometimes all the wrong reasons. For example, I have had potential students come to my… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, one looked to society -- or class, or community -- for one's normative vocabulary: what was good for… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
While our managers debated what steps to take to address the sales and cash-flow crisis, I began to lead week-long employee seminars… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
“Philosophy being nothing else but the study of wisdom and truth, it may with reason be expected that those who have spent… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
Poets are being pursued by the philosophers today, out of the poverty of philosophy. God damn it, you might think a man… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
Socrates, whose mother was a midwife, used to say that his art was like the art of the midwife. She does not… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“The girl had taken the Ph.D. in philosophy and this left Mrs. Hopewell at a complete loss. You could say, “My daughter… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
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