Because the Western civilization is dominated by dualistic thinking, holistic scientists and philosophers don't get the recognition they deserve. — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti 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
Philosophers play with the word, like a child with a doll… It does not mean that everything in life is relative. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Philosophers have often looked for the defining feature of humans — language, rationality, culture, and so on. I'd stick with this: Man… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“The most important lesson we can draw from this, of course, is that it's best, if at all possible, not to become… — Will Buckingham Copy Share Image
It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, than… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
I am only a philosopher, and there is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do, and that… — William James Copy Share Image
I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
“[H]ere was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered: happiness might now be… — Thomas De Quincey Copy Share Image
A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy and to the theory of knowledge or… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
A worldview is not the same things a formal philosophy, otherwise it would only be for philosophers. Even ordinary people have a… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Philosophy treats of physics where a more careful knowledge is required because the problems which come under this head are numerous... So… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Many modern artists, philosophers, and theologians reject the knowledge of the past. Thus they must continually start over again from ground zero,… — Gene Edward Veith Jr Copy Share Image
Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
It's very important to remember that the philosophers were social dissidents. They were social critics. The man in the street or woman… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Many philosophers say it's impossible to explain our conscious experience in scientific, biological terms at all. But that's not exactly true. Scientists… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Socrates became a trendsetter. Other philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle and Gus, quickly followed suit, dropping their last names too. And, for… — Demetri Martin 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
We can't define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into the paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers... one saying… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
“You say some Greek philosophers could dazzle their audiences with their riddles? That does not interest me at all. Bring more wine… — Omar Khayyám Copy Share Image
“Man's soul has three powers, and God left him prophets for all three: Jewish moralists for his will, Greek philosophers for his… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Socrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thing of all. Bertha: What's… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
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
In working with top leaders and thought philosophers of our time, I will tell you that among their secrets of success is… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“When I saw that Moses’ version of the Genesis of the world did not fit sufficiently in many ways with Aristotle and… — Gerardus Mercator Copy Share Image
Those who are not schooled and practised in truth [who are not honest and upright men] can never manage aright the government,… — Plato Copy Share Image
I, for one, struggle a little bit with a $250,000 education for a philosophy degree. They are a wonderful people, but we… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Scientists and philosophers tend to treat knowledge, imagination and love as if they were all very separate parts of human nature. But… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Philosophers (and probably most intellectuals) are more interested in pursuing what they see as the logical implications of their theories than they… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
“and to be quite frank, that is precisely what we need philosophers for. We do not need them to choose a beauty… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
I hate ideologies of all kinds, so I avoid jargon. I've done enough philosophy to know that some specialized terms are really… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often… — Anita Dunn Copy Share Image
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
What we owe future generations is the subject of growing debate by economists, philosophers, ethicists, public policymakers, and academics of all stripes.… — Leonor Varela Copy Share Image
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![“Those who are not schooled and practised in truth [who are not honest and upright men] can never manage aright the government, nor yet can those who spend their lives as closet philosophers; because the former have no high purpose to guide their actions, while the latter keep aloof from public life.” quote by Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/plato-103_action_those-who-are-not-schooled-and-practised_1210851.jpg)
![“I hate ideologies of all kinds, so I avoid jargon. I've done enough philosophy to know that some specialized terms are really needed. I don't complain when Kant does it. Or when Aristotle introduces all kinds of new words; he needed them. But these other people [modern philosophers] are just…” quote by William H. Gass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/william-h-gass-4166_all-kinds_i-hate-ideologies-of-all-kinds-so-i-avoi_2092376.png)
