“The disciplines of physical exercise, meditation and study aren't terribly esoteric. The means to attain a capability far beyond that of the… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose,… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
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An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Why, when the economist gives advice to his society, is he so often cooly ignored? He never ceases to preach free trade,… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
“Indeed, this is perhaps the greatest Christian paradox of all—that the world’s most paradoxical religion has cultivated rationalism and scientific rigor more… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“My first and last philosophy ... I learnt in the nursery... The things I believed then, the things I believe most now,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
So far there has been no philosopher in whose hands philosophy has not grown into an apology for knowledge; on this point,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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The role of metaphysics in relation to other disciplines, whether philosophical or not and including the natural sciences, is thus a foundational… — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Copy Share Image
“Kabbalah (in Hebrew, literally “receiving”) refers to the mystical traditions that encompass the secrets of the Torah, the esoteric truths that reveal… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
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Indiana Jones: Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right… — Jeffrey Boam Copy Share Image
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I'm not a philosopher, Harry," [Michael] said. "But here's something for you to think about, at least. What goes around comes around.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
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All the genres of philosophy, science, high art, athletics and politics were invented by men. But by the Promethean law of conflict… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
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This is an important distinction, because most of the modern philosophies that deny that we can know reality, and ultimately truth, make… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
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“Some of the streets are, however, genuinely narrow. These same streets may not be filled with machine-gun fire and the dramatic screech… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
There was a Greek philosopher who taught that, of all things, not to have been born is the sweetest state. But I… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus, at… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
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What is the fundamental hypothesis of science, the fundamental philosophy? We stated it in the first chapter: the sole test of the… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
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“Each religion makes scores of purportedly factual assertions about everything from the creation of the universe to the afterlife. But on what… — Alan Sokal Copy Share Image
Lofty questions about the mind are fascinating to ask, philosophers have been asking them for three millennia both in India where I… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
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We now demand glamour and fast-flowing dramatic action. A generation of Christians reared among push buttons and automatic machines is impatient of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“It has been said that the French revolution resulted from philosophy, and it is not without reason that philosophy has been called Weltweisheit [world wisdom]; for it is not only truth in and for itself, as the pure essence of things, but also truth in its living form as exhibited in the affairs…” quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/906/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel_french-revolution_it-has-been-said-that-the-french-revolut_297624.png)
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