Philosophers have actually devoted themselves, in the main, neither to perceiving the world, nor to spinning webs of conceptual theory, but to… — Josiah Royce Copy Share Image
The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
My philosophy is that all stocks are bad. There are no good stocks unless they go up in price. If they go… — William O'Neil Copy Share Image
The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method-more daring than anything… — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
The spiritual experience of the philosopher is the nourishing soil of philosophy; that without it there is no philosophy; and that, even… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
“Philosophical thoughts distinguish themselves from non-philosophical ones by the fact that they embrace the world as a whole. “John is stupid” is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[The taxing power of the state] divides the community into two great classes: one consisting of those who, in reality, pay the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
There is a sort of myth of History that philosophers have… History for philosophers is some sort of great, vast continuity in… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The '60s weren't my cup of tea. I never bought that philosophy that, you know, we're all brothers and that'll solve everything.… — Phil Everly Copy Share Image
“In essence, love makes no sense, In fact, there is more nonsense than sense in love. Great philosophers - Socrates, Plato and… — Devi di Guida Copy Share Image
“When you're asked to stay out of a bar you don't just punch the owner--you come back with your army and tear… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Philosophy, then, is that thinkins with which one can start nothing and about which housemaids necessarily laugh. Such a definition of philosophy… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
Football, that's just athletics. But in the business world - doing everything - people are competing. So you need good work ethics,… — Herschel Walker Copy Share Image
Theology recognizes the contingency of human existence only to derive it from a necessary being, that is, to remove it. Theology makes… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
“Finally, Luther, Bunyan, and Thérèse all developed mature religious philosophies that differed from those of their communities because (from a psychiatric standpoint)… — Ian Osborn Copy Share Image
“Pure mathematics consists entirely of assertions to the effect that, if such and such a proposition is true of anything, then such… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“A man is partially convinced because he has found this or that proof of the thing, and he can expound it. But… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“He was never more than an armchair philosopher, unwilling to deal with the real world. He was happy to live in a… — Yeng Pway Ngon Copy Share Image
“if philosophy develops in the right ways, it might help ease the conflicts between rival dogmatic certainties. But, even if this hope… — Jonathan Glover Copy Share Image
“The lens of Pessimism ethics; pierces the illusions of optimism, reminds us that pain and evil are not mere outliers but prevailing… — Carson Anekeya Copy Share Image
After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
“The three greatest metaphysicians who ever existed - Plato, Aristotle and St.Thomas Aquinas - had no system in the idealistic sense of… — Étienne Gilson Copy Share Image
The earth is round, all the heavenly bodies are round; they all move on round or elliptical orbits. This same image of… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
“Oh, don't pull your hand away from me, I've promised myself that maybe by the end of this impossible narrative I shall… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
Photos are just electronic reproductions of the past. I see nothing valuable in photos. Burning photos seems like an option, since we've… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
“ An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations , which Smith published in 1776, is the most… — Jerry Z. Muller Copy Share Image
For thirty years I have leaned toward the theory of Reincarnation. It seems a most reasonable philosophy and explains many things. No,… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
“Assim, para recapitular a nossa discussão do valor da filosofia: a filosofia é de estudar não por causa de quaisquer respostas definitivas… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The head of this emancipation is philosophy; its heart is the proletariat. Philosophy cannot be realized without the abolition of the proletariat,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I'm always concerned about marketing or commercial philosophies. I can't feel good about having my name on a bottle of perfume that… — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
“But in practice the great difference between the medieval ethics and ours is that ours concentrate attention on the sins which are… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The selection of topics for intensive research has often been a function of serendipitous opportunity. My forays into philosophy of education were… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
“Sometimes by water 'and sometimes by the wind, 'my random lines on sand will be 'erased. What am I now? A ruddy… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
I feel like people think of me as someone who really believes in a "sex as empowerment" philosophy, like Sasha Grey or… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The difference between Christian thinking and the non-Christian philosopher has always been at this point. The non-Christian philosopher has always said that… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“The philosopher Berkley claimed that everything in the universe exists solely as a thought in the mind of God. In response to… — Peter Trachtenberg Copy Share Image
“For over a century and a half, anarchists have been arguing that coercive, hierarchical organization (as embodied in government and corporations) is… — Chaz Bufe Copy Share Image
I simply love classic design when it's reinterpreted. These collections reflect the spirit of this design philosophy; clean pared down lines and… — Candice Olson Copy Share Image
“To lovers out there … One day we must break away from the myths that if you single and not dating. It… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
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