Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; ... But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“1+1 est A : {1}, {2}, {3}, {1,2}, {2,3}, {1,3}, {1,2,3}, ∅. donc on n'existe pas” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The love of truth, virtue, and the happiness of mankind are specious pretexts, but not the inward principles that set divines at… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Every remedy is a desperate remedy. Every cure is a miraculous cure. Curing a madman is not arguing with a philosopher; it… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The doctrine (of) maintaining that the language of daily life, with words used in their ordinary meanings, suffices for philosophy . .… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Some philosophers are drawn to the subject [of philosophy] via their interest in the nature and structure of the world external to… — Jason Stanley Copy Share Image
Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than… — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
[John] Adams said his objective in writing his Defence of the Constitutions of the United States and his Davila essays was to… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
what I think separates me from most philosophers probably is that I'm a bluesman in the life of the mind, I'm a… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The philosophers must station themselves in the middle. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“For a sane person to sincerely be happy that someone has succeeded, they have to either be profiting or likely to profit… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Christ alone, of all the philosophers, magicians, etc., has affirmed eternal life as the most important certainty, the infinity of time, the… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“The philosopher is lacking who interprets the deed and does not merely transpose it.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If cathedrals had been universities If dungeons of the Inquisition had been laboratories If Christians had believed in character instead of creed… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The passion of fear (as a modern philosopher informs me) determines the spirits of the muscles of the knees, which are instantly… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this? — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I do not need the musing of the philosophers to tell me what I am doing. It would be more interesting to… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
Do or do not. There is no try," says Yoda, the bewitching philosopher warrior created by George Lucas in Star Wars. Yoda… — Jerry I. Porras Copy Share Image
It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor. — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
Suppose cats became philosophers, they would see a cat universe and have a cat solution of the problem of the universe, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image