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title: "7 Called Philosopher Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/all-are-lunatics-but-he-who-can-analyze-his-delusion-is-called-a/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [“But nobody has ever yet called a philosopher "a hired conscience," though everybody gives the lawyer this nickname. Why this partiality?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-shestov/but-nobody-has-ever-yet-called-a-philosopher-a-hired-conscience/)

[Lev Shestov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-shestov/)

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> [The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/the-stone-that-was-rolled-before-christ-s-tomb-might-appropriately-be/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

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> [It is the man of science, eager to have his every opinion regenerated, his every idea rationalized, by drinking at the fountain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-the-man-of-science-eager-to-have-his-every-opinion-regenerated/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> ['But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/but-the-man-who-is-ready-to-taste-every-form-of-knowledge-is-glad-to/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/all-are-lunatics-but-he-who-can-analyze-his-delusions-is-called-a/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [“...Since divine truth and scripture clearly teach us that God, the Creator of all things, is Wisdom, a true philosopher will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/since-divine-truth-and-scripture-clearly-teach-us-that-god-the/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

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