“Metaphysics, said the late nineteenth-century idealist philosopher Bradley, is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct; but metaphysics… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
It is incumbent upon philosophy ... to provide a refuge for freedom. Not that there is any hope that it could break… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
“In order to open the door of happiness, there are five things you must let go: 1. Let go of the habit… — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
In history, we are concerned with what has been and what is; in philosophy, however, we are concerned not with what belongs… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
It is paltry philosophy if in the old-fashioned way one lays down rules and principles in total disregard of moral values .… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
“KANT: The traditional religious foundation for morality may be ontologically stronger, but I say it is not logically or epistemologically stronger. It cannot… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“But a philosopher named William James responded that sometimes Clifford's advice is bad strategy. He said doubt is the wrong alternative when… — John Ortberg Jr Copy Share Image
“Cesar is not a philosophical man. His life has been one long flight from reflection. At least he is clever enough not… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
The Society or Fraternity of Freemasons is more in the nature of a system of Philosophy or of moral and social virtues… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Russell Hoban created a tremendous marriage of characters and philosophy. The plots, the wind-up toy characters, the settings, they all work together… — David Small Copy Share Image
There are evidently limits to the achievements of science; and there are irresolvable contradictions both between prosperity and virtue, and between happiness… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“A novel, or a book on philosophy, is going to use both sides of the brain: not only will you have feelings… — Philippa Perry Copy Share Image
I should like to begin with a philosophical comment. I do not think that when one is speaking of hardships or benefits… — John James Cowperthwaite Copy Share Image
“There is a finely translated epigram in the greek anthology which admirably expresses this state of mind, this acceptance of loss as… — William James Copy Share Image
Kant's treatments of rational theology and metaphysics were aimed primarily at theoretical questions. His attitude toward the pseudo-sciences of "special metaphysics" in… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“Life is just a series of peaks and troughs, and you don't whether you're in a trough until you're climbing out, or… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of knowledge, of… — William James Copy Share Image
I often think people on opposite sides of the political spectrum may have similar values around care, around thriving or around independence,… — Mark Coleman Copy Share Image
“In the beginning of the year 1665 I found the Method of approximating series & the Rule for reducing any dignity of… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“A strong philosophy based on what’s true in the Universe will save you from playing the role of the victim—a person who’s… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no social entity with a good that undergoes some sacrifice for its own good. There are only individual people, different… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
“The act of running is simple, one foot in front of the other. The art of becoming a runner is achieved through… — Terry Lander Copy Share Image
In Philosophy, the contemplations of man do either penetrate unto God, or are circumferred to Nature, or are reflected and reverted upon… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“I had travelled from Spain into Morocco and from there south to the Atlas Mountains, at the edge of the Sahara Desert…one… — Paul Bogard Copy Share Image
It's the old American Double Standard, ya know: Say one thing, do somethin' different. And of course this country is founded on… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I do not claim to have any developed or sophisticated views in political philosophy, but I think that one of the lessons… — Tim Crane Copy Share Image
“It’s sad that most of our real life problems that affect us daily, don't make it as breaking news on facebook. They… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
To be ignorant and simple now-not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground-would be to throw down our… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a language, not if a language is anything like what many philosophers and linguists have supposed.… — Donald Davidson Copy Share Image
My political philosophy as a libertarian says that government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. My professional ethic as… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I regret not getting brutally forthright with human beings a hell of a lot sooner than I did. Civility and obliquity are… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“Now the history of philosophy shows that religious belief which is primarily mystical may very well be compatible with a pronounced sense… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
When we come to understand architecture as the essential nature of all harmonious structure we will see that it is the architecture… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
The spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of… — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
We don't compete with the Grammys. The Grammys compete with us. They have taken the stance that anybody who performs on 'The… — Dick Clark Copy Share Image
The most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
[ Oval House] director, Peter Oliver, gave you the right to fail. He had a philosophy that came from Winston Churchill that… — John Ratzenberger Copy Share Image
The Gospel is not presented to mankind as an argument about religious principals. Nor is it offered as a philosophy of life.… — Massey H. Shepherd Copy Share Image
![“[ Oval House] director, Peter Oliver, gave you the right to fail. He had a philosophy that came from Winston Churchill that you go from failure to failure with enthusiasm. So Peter gave us a go and that's how Ray [Hassett] and I ended up starting Sal's Meat Market at the Oval House.” quote by John Ratzenberger](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/7c7/john-ratzenberger-11869_directors_oval-house-director-peter-oliver-gave-yo_2323753.jpg)
