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> [As to how I would guide someone who is confused about the idea of God, I would suggest that he or she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-needleman/as-to-how-i-would-guide-someone-who-is-confused-about-the-idea-of-god/)

[Jacob Needleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-needleman/)

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> [Slavery in America was perpetuated not merely by human badness but also by human blindness. ... Men convinced themselves that a system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/slavery-in-america-was-perpetuated-not-merely-by-human-badness-but/)

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> [Philosophy is a necessary activity because we, all of us, take a great number of things for granted, and many of these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-popper/philosophy-is-a-necessary-activity-because-we-all-of-us-take-a-great/)

[Karl Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-popper/)

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> [There is a worry that many have expressed that, on the naturalistic way of approaching philosophical questions, philosophy will somehow be co-opted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-kornblith/there-is-a-worry-that-many-have-expressed-that-on-the-naturalistic/)

[Hilary Kornblith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-kornblith/)

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> [The dialectical change of mind that occurs in Buddhism is not simply the assimilation of a new philosophical basis or religious basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-dialectical-change-of-mind-that-occurs-in-buddhism-is-not-simply/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [Maybe philosophical problems are hard not because they are divine or irreducible or meaningless or workaday science, but because the mind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/maybe-philosophical-problems-are-hard-not-because-they-are-divine-or/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational. On this conviction the plain man like the philosopher takes his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/what-is-rational-is-actual-and-what-is-actual-is-rational-on-this/)

[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/)

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> [“If even a dog's tooth is truly worshipped it glows with light. The venerated object is endowed with power, that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-murdoch/if-even-a-dog-s-tooth-is-truly-worshipped-it-glows-with-light-the/)

[Iris Murdoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-murdoch/)

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> [These dreams reminded me that, since I wished some day to become a writer, it was high time to decide what sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/these-dreams-reminded-me-that-since-i-wished-some-day-to-become-a/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [“The Yorubas have a saying, here, my translation in English--a poor fool is a bigger fool rich. In other words, money only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dew-platt/the-yorubas-have-a-saying-here-my-translation-in-english-a-poor-fool/)

[Dew Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dew-platt/)

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> [The strategy of semantic ascent is that it carries the discussion into a domain where both parties are better agreed on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-van-orman-quine/the-strategy-of-semantic-ascent-is-that-it-carries-the-discussion/)

[Willard Van Orman Quine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-van-orman-quine/)

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> [“One of the century’s most famous intellectual pronouncements comes at the beginning of The Myth of Sisyphus: “There is but one truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-styron/one-of-the-century-s-most-famous-intellectual-pronouncements-comes-at/)

[William Styron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-styron/)

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> [“Piaget is also concerned with attempts of Maine de Biran, Bergson, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty to construct a philosophical psychology as opposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-piaget/piaget-is-also-concerned-with-attempts-of-maine-de-biran-bergson/)

[Jean Piaget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-piaget/)

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> [As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-d-broad/as-so-often-happens-in-philosophy-clever-people-accept-a-false/)

[C. D. Broad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-d-broad/)

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> [If some people read my fiction and see it as fundamentally about philosophical ideas, what it probably means is that these are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/if-some-people-read-my-fiction-and-see-it-as-fundamentally-about/)

[David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/)

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> [Nothing seems to matter quite as much. I no longer think about death in the concentrated way I once did. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/nothing-seems-to-matter-quite-as-much-i-no-longer-think-about-death/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

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> [The Phenomenon of Man stands square in the tradition of Naturphilosophie, a philosophical indoor pastime of German origin which does not seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-medawar/the-phenomenon-of-man-stands-square-in-the-tradition-of/)

[Peter Medawar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-medawar/)

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> [It really did take Billy Lucas's suicide to wake me up to, kind of, the damage of the success of the LGBT…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/it-really-did-take-billy-lucas-s-suicide-to-wake-me-up-to-kind-of-the/)

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> [Some of the big philosophical problems have been solved by science, at least to a 1st approximation. Examples: the problems of matter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-bunge/some-of-the-big-philosophical-problems-have-been-solved-by-science-at/)

[Mario Bunge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-bunge/)

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> [“Let us being again. To take some examples: why should “literature” still designate that which already breaks away from literature—away from what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-derrida/let-us-being-again-to-take-some-examples-why-should-literature-still/)

[Jacques Derrida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-derrida/)

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> [Give a small number of people the power to enrich themselves beyond everyone's wildest dreams, a philosophical rationale to explain all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/give-a-small-number-of-people-the-power-to-enrich-themselves-beyond/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

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> [Deng Xiaoping thought of himself as a great revolutionary and a great reformer. He had dismantled the Chinese communist management of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/deng-xiaoping-thought-of-himself-as-a-great-revolutionary-and-a-great/)

[Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/)

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> [It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/it-s-not-a-failure-if-a-marriage-or-partnership-ends-after-a-certain/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

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> [It had occurred to Sean once - on a bender about ten years before with some buddies, Sean and a bloodstream full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-lehane/it-had-occurred-to-sean-once-on-a-bender-about-ten-years-before-with/)

[Dennis Lehane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-lehane/)

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> [“THE subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/the-subject-of-this-essay-is-not-the-so-called-liberty-of-the-will-so/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

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> [I would say it was the directors. We have to give credit to the directors for this, because in the script, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cinco-paul/i-would-say-it-was-the-directors-we-have-to-give-credit-to-the/)

[Cinco Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cinco-paul/)

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> [Theories of genius are the peculiar constructions of our own philosophical times; ages of genius had passed away, and they left no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-d-israeli/theories-of-genius-are-the-peculiar-constructions-of-our-own/)

[Isaac D'Israeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-d-israeli/)

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> [Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/because-christian-morality-leaves-animals-out-of-account-they-are-at/)

[Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/)

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> [My activities have never had anything to do with the idea of becoming famous or achieving success. I have always been concerned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoni-tapies/my-activities-have-never-had-anything-to-do-with-the-idea-of-becoming/)

[Antoni Tapies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoni-tapies/)

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> [It is easier to hide behind philosophical arguments, heavily footnoted for effect, than it is to admit our hurts, our confusions, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/it-is-easier-to-hide-behind-philosophical-arguments-heavily-footnoted/)

[Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/)

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> [You can only be you when you do your best. When you don't do your best you are denying yourself the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-angel-ruiz/you-can-only-be-you-when-you-do-your-best-when-you-don-t-do-your-best/)

[Miguel Angel Ruiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-angel-ruiz/)

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> [“Sooner or later, you will have to decide. Whether you want to drift with the current or whether you want to lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhaidev/sooner-or-later-you-will-have-to-decide-whether-you-want-to-drift/)

[Abhaidev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhaidev/)

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> [For what are myths if not the imposing of order on phenomena that do not possess order in themselves? And all myths,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-what-are-myths-if-not-the-imposing-of-order-on-phenomena-that-do/)

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

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> [If there is such a thing as philosophical progress, then why - unlike scientific progress - is it so invisible? Philosophical progress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-goldstein/if-there-is-such-a-thing-as-philosophical-progress-then-why-unlike/)

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> [Spiritual intelligence is the capacity to conduct our life in such a way that it reflects deep philosophical and metaphysical understanding of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanislav-grof/spiritual-intelligence-is-the-capacity-to-conduct-our-life-in-such-a/)

[Stanislav Grof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanislav-grof/)

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> [Have you ever seen a demonstrable example of equality in your entire life? Can it be glimpsed in any dog show or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyd-rice/have-you-ever-seen-a-demonstrable-example-of-equality-in-your-entire/)

[Boyd Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyd-rice/)

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> [The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/the-obligations-of-law-and-equity-reach-only-to-mankind-but-kindness/)

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> [“. . .the most important philosophical question we can each ask ourselves is, ‘Do I or do I not wish to commit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-c-grayling/the-most-important-philosophical-question-we-can-each-ask-ourselves/)

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> [This prophecy of a coming enlightenment is echoed in virtually every faith and philosophical tradition on Earth. Hindus call it the Krita…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/this-prophecy-of-a-coming-enlightenment-is-echoed-in-virtually-every/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/queen-elizabeth-ii/the-world-is-not-the-most-pleasant-place-eventually-your-parents/)

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                        "text": "These dreams reminded me that, since I wished some day to become a writer, it was high time to decide what sort of books I was going to write. But as soon as I asked myself the question, and tried to discover some subject to which I could impart a philosophical significance of infinite value, my mind would stop like a clock, my consciousness would be faced with a blank, I would feel either that I was wholly devoid of talent or perhaps that some malady of the brain was hindering its development.",
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                        "text": "“The Yorubas have a saying, here, my translation in English--a poor fool is a bigger fool rich. In other words, money only allows and enables you to be more of who you are. My bigger translation? You don't jump essence, you jump environs!”",
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                        "text": "“Piaget is also concerned with attempts of Maine de Biran, Bergson, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty to construct a philosophical psychology as opposed to a scientific empirical psychology. He believes that the difference between philosophical psychology and scientific psychology lies neither in the fact that the former concerns itself with “essences” (Husserl), with “irrationality” (Sartre), nor in its use of introspection. He sees the difference as being one rather of method: philosophical psychology neglects objective verification and grounds itself in subjectivity, although claiming to arrive at objective knowledge through intuition.”",
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                        "text": "It had occurred to Sean once - on a bender about ten years before with some buddies, Sean and a bloodstream full of bourbon turning philosophical - that maybe they HAD gotten in that car. All three of them. And what they now thought of as their life was just a dream state. That all three of them were, in reality, still eleven-year-old boys trapped in some cellar, imagining what they'd become if they ever escaped and grew up.",
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