States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers. — Plato Copy Share Image
“The world is in trouble because of a few funny sympathetic philosophers” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
The purpose of philosophers is to show people what is right under their noses. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“If women are so smart, how come hardly any philosophers have been, and now are, female?” — Juan T. Llibre Copy Share Image
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers. — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
There's no precedent for women philosophers and there's no precedence for most of the things I did. — Agnes Denes Copy Share Image
Aristotle saw nature as intelligent and purposive, whereas for the Epicureans, and the 17th century 'mechanical' philosophers, there is no intentionality in… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
“Hegel's philosophy is very difficult—he is, I should say, the hardest to understand of all the great philosophers. Before entering on any… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In my office, I have a very beautiful marble bust of Seneca. I always have my eye on him when I'm taking… — Brunello Cucinelli Copy Share Image
I studied English at Princeton in the early eighties in what I consider a period of high obscurity. Professors and students ran… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from… — Edmund Husserl Copy Share Image
Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What makes philosophy so tedious is not the profundity of philosophers, but their lack of art; they are like physicians who soughtto… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why architects are often attracted to philosophers, partially, has to do with making sense of the world around… — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa — not often… — Anita Dunn Copy Share Image
Oddly, since by now I've written quite a lot on early modern philosophers, I didn't care for the history of philosophy, which… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
“Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, the philosophers' secret has always been this: we know that God does not exist, or, at least, if he… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
A single human brain has about a hundred million nerve cells... and a computer program that throws light on the mind/brain problem… — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
“Two different sets of philosophers have attempted to teach us this hardest of all the lessons of morality. One set have laboured… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We cannot define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into the paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers, who sit… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“Nothing can illustrate these observations more forcibly, than a recollection of the happy conjuncture of times and circumstances, under which our Republic… — George Washington Copy Share Image
More and more it seems to me that the philosopher, being of necessity a man of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, when I think of other philosophers who have spent their lives developing some system, and I admire their… — Christine M. Korsgaard Copy Share Image
What great philosophers do for us is not to hand out such an all-purpose system. It is to light up and clarify… — Mary Midgley Copy Share Image
“So now you must choose... Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
If moral statements are about something, then the universe is not quite as science suggests it is, since physical theories, having said… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
Let us become thoroughly sensible of the weakness, blindness, and narrow limits of human reason: Let us duly consider its uncertainty and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Philosophers stretch the meaning of words until they retain scarcely anything of their original sense. They give the name of "God" to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Admirable man, who know teeth by dreams, think you that all those of philosophers are decayed?” — Paul Valéry Copy Share Image
Philosophers say that nothing can be seen that is neither illuminated nor colored. — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
“Many philosophers have defined the meaning of life, while few, like Diogenes, have dared to live it.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
The highest philosophers, in explaining the mystery of this world, are obliged to call in the aid of another. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Philosophy abounds more than philosophers, and learning more than learned men. — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I leaf through the ancient philosophers and find my newest discoveries there. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
