The mountains are fountains of men as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“Lies are the first step to the violent protection of them” — rassool jibraeel snyman Copy Share Image
When you read Boethius and some of the Renaissance philosophers, they talk a lot about the other spheres. There's a music of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Pagan philosophers set up reason as the sole guide of life, of wisdom and conduct; but Christian philosophy demands of us that… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
In regard to the philosophers, if they be true philosophers, i.e., lovers of truth, they should not be irritated that the earth… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
What Smith and Marx have in common is that they were both philosophers of great vision and perceptiveness, deep humanity, and a… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger (tutor to Nero) complained that his peers were wasting time and money accumulating too many books,… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Many people have thought of me as a thinker, as a philosopher, or even as a mystic. Well the truth is that… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
I call myself an experimental philosopher which is as ambiguous a term as comprehensive anticipatory design scientist. — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
The World is not an idea as asserted by philosophers who have dedicated their entire lives to the exploration of ideas. First… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
It is the man of science, eager to have his every opinion regenerated, his every idea rationalized, by drinking at the fountain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When they asked some old Roman philosopher or other how he wanted to die, he said he would open his veins in… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
In all assemblies, though you wedge them ever so close, we may observe this peculiar property, that over their heads there is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I mean, it’s true, nobody talks about them, but when you bring it up, the idea that you have to rent yourself… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Notice that all the traditional things philosophers do, looking for validity and soundness, promote civic friendship. That sounds pretty pie in the… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The negative cautions of science are never popular. If the experimentalist would not commit himself, the social philosopher, the preacher, and the… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
It is not wit merely, but temper, which must form the well-bred man. In the same manner it is not a head… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Philosophy abounds more than philosophers, and learning more than learned men. — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
“We are philosophers of our time Floating in the moon's evening glow” — Richard L. Ratliff Copy Share Image
Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Not a single one of the doctrines of Marx has ever been accepted by any economist or any philosopher. But what of… — Thomas Nixon Carver Copy Share Image
