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> [In working towards ways of reading Mann, so that his own advances in suggesting new perspectives will become more vivid, I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kitcher/in-working-towards-ways-of-reading-mann-so-that-his-own-advances-in/)

[Philip Kitcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kitcher/)

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> [If you defend a behavior by arguing that people are programmed directly for it, then how do you continue to defend it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/if-you-defend-a-behavior-by-arguing-that-people-are-programmed/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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> [I don't think there's an interesting boundary between philosophy and science. Science is totally beholden to philosophy. There are philosophical assumptions in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/i-don-t-think-there-s-an-interesting-boundary-between-philosophy-and/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [“There is no doubt that healthy-mindedness is inadequate as a philosophical doctrine, because the evil facts which it positively refuses to account…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/there-is-no-doubt-that-healthy-mindedness-is-inadequate-as-a/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanna-rosin/the-classic-war-movies-of-the-post-vietnam-era-have-generally-taken/)

[Hanna Rosin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanna-rosin/)

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> [Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions. Intellect, will, taste, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/pretend-what-we-may-the-whole-man-within-us-is-at-work-when-we-form/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [Gay is a subculture, a slur, a set of gestures, a slang, a look, a posture, a parade, a rainbow flag, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-donovan/gay-is-a-subculture-a-slur-a-set-of-gestures-a-slang-a-look-a-posture/)

[Jack Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-donovan/)

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> [While brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigham-young/while-brother-joseph-was-referring-to-the-provinces-of-god-i-was-led/)

[Brigham Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigham-young/)

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> [If you read philosophical texts of the tradition, you'll notice they almost never said 'I,' and didn't speak in the first person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-derrida/if-you-read-philosophical-texts-of-the-tradition-you-ll-notice-they/)

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

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> [“The idea of the individual is actually an ingenious solution to a difficult social-philosophical problem: Should we focus on society as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanzi-freinacht/the-idea-of-the-individual-is-actually-an-ingenious-solution-to-a/)

[Hanzi Freinacht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanzi-freinacht/)

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> [A philosophical attempt to work out a universal history according to a natural plan directed to achieving the civic union of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/a-philosophical-attempt-to-work-out-a-universal-history-according-to/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [“God bless the lawn mower, he thought. Who was the fool who made January first New Year’s Day? No, they should set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/god-bless-the-lawn-mower-he-thought-who-was-the-fool-who-made-january/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [Logical investigations can obviously be a useful tool for philosophy. They must, however, be informed by a sensitivity to the philosophical significance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-kripke/logical-investigations-can-obviously-be-a-useful-tool-for-philosophy/)

[Saul Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-kripke/)

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> [The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-rockefeller/the-fundamental-question-for-the-united-states-is-how-it-can/)

[Nelson Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-rockefeller/)

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> [“we live our lives from the "inside", from the vantage point of our own personal mini-cam on life. This gives us privileged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-bassham/we-live-our-lives-from-the-inside-from-the-vantage-point-of-our-own/)

[Gregory Bassham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-bassham/)

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> [“The human mind feels lonely even when there are so many organs and innumerable cells continuously functioning together in the body. Makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nabil-bhatiya/the-human-mind-feels-lonely-even-when-there-are-so-many-organs-and/)

[Nabil Bhatiya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nabil-bhatiya/)

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> [Around the time of the Terran Caesar Augustus, a Martian artist had been composing a work of art. It could have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/around-the-time-of-the-terran-caesar-augustus-a-martian-artist-had/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [“Some people were destined to have a significant other. Some people were destined for greatness. But few others were destined to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-s-derstr-m/some-people-were-destined-to-have-a-significant-other-some-people/)

[Chris Söderström](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-s-derstr-m/)

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> [I think there's some pretty amazing language in the Bible. The thing that's always been interesting to me about religion is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/win-butler/i-think-there-s-some-pretty-amazing-language-in-the-bible-the-thing/)

[Win Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/win-butler/)

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> [All the moral laws are readily translated into natural philosophy, for often we have only to restore the primitive meaning of thewords…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/all-the-moral-laws-are-readily-translated-into-natural-philosophy-for/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [After all these years of wandering around as a street photographer and a journalist, I decided that this world is such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burk-uzzle/after-all-these-years-of-wandering-around-as-a-street-photographer/)

[Burk Uzzle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burk-uzzle/)

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> [Secular humanism does not have the essential attributes of a religion: belief in a deity, the wish for some sort of afterlife,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kurtz/secular-humanism-does-not-have-the-essential-attributes-of-a-religion/)

[Paul Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kurtz/)

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> [Science remains the author of our major problem, in its gift of tremendous power that has been terribly abused; but for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-j-muller/science-remains-the-author-of-our-major-problem-in-its-gift-of/)

[Herbert J. Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-j-muller/)

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> [The sense that the meaning of the universe had evaporated was what seemed to escape those who welcomed Darwin as a benefactor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-hollingdale/the-sense-that-the-meaning-of-the-universe-had-evaporated-was-what/)

[R. J. Hollingdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-hollingdale/)

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> [Veganism isn’t just a strict vegetarian diet; it is a complete philosophical viewpoint. It is practical in outlook, simple to understand and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-lyman/veganism-isn-t-just-a-strict-vegetarian-diet-it-is-a-complete/)

[Howard Lyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-lyman/)

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> [Where philosophy ends, poetry must commence. There should not be a common point of view, a natural manner of thinking which standsin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/where-philosophy-ends-poetry-must-commence-there-should-not-be-a/)

[Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/)

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> [The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-besant/the-highest-hindu-intellectual-training-was-based-on-the-practice-of/)

[Annie Besant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-besant/)

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> [The plain fact is that there are no conclusions. If we must state a conclusion, it would be that many of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jeans/the-plain-fact-is-that-there-are-no-conclusions-if-we-must-state-a/)

[James Jeans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jeans/)

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> [We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-c-lichtenberg/we-now-possess-four-principles-of-morality-1-a-philosophical-do-good/)

[Georg C. Lichtenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-c-lichtenberg/)

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> [Black is the absence of all color. White is the presence of all colors. I suppose life must be one or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/black-is-the-absence-of-all-color-white-is-the-presence-of-all-colors/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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> [On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/on-scientific-grounds-this-big-bang-assumption-is-much-less-the/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

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> [There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asa-gray/there-is-a-class-moreover-by-whom-all-these-scientific-theories-and/)

[Asa Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asa-gray/)

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> [Thinking in terms of risk certainly has its unsettling aspects (...), but it is also a means of seeking to stabilise outcomes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-giddens/thinking-in-terms-of-risk-certainly-has-its-unsettling-aspects-but-it/)

[Anthony Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-giddens/)

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> [In the next few galactic seconds, the fate of the universe will be decided. Life - the ultimate experiment - will either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-savage/in-the-next-few-galactic-seconds-the-fate-of-the-universe-will-be/)

[Marshall Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-savage/)

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> [God and the universe said to me one day, "You're only going to get what's good for you." That's kind of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-anderson/god-and-the-universe-said-to-me-one-day-you-re-only-going-to-get-what/)

[Louie Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louie-anderson/)

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> [Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/vanity-is-so-anchored-in-the-heart-of-man-that-a-soldier-a-soldier-s/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [I feel like the Internet needs to be disarmed in some way. There needs to be a philosophical undermining of the Internet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/i-feel-like-the-internet-needs-to-be-disarmed-in-some-way-there-needs/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

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> [The animals share with us the privilege of having a soul Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pythagoras/the-animals-share-with-us-the-privilege-of-having-a-soul-alas-what/)

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> [In the first place a philosophical proposition must be general. It must not deal specially with things on the surface of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/in-the-first-place-a-philosophical-proposition-must-be-general-it/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [Photography is a response that has to do with the momentary recognition of things. Suddenly you're alive. A minute later there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-meyerowitz/photography-is-a-response-that-has-to-do-with-the-momentary/)

[Joel Meyerowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-meyerowitz/)

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                        "text": "“God bless the lawn mower, he thought. Who was the fool who made January first New Year’s Day? No, they should set a man to watch the grasses across a million Illinois, Ohio, and Iowa lawns, and on that morning when it was long enough for cutting, instead of ratchets and horns and yelling, there should be a great swelling symphony of lawn mowers reaping fresh grass upon the prairie lands. Instead of confetti and serpentine, people should throw grass spray at each other on the one day each year that really represents Beginning!”",
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                        "text": "The sense that the meaning of the universe had evaporated was what seemed to escape those who welcomed Darwin as a benefactor of mankind. Nietzsche considered that evolution presented a correct picture of the world, but that it was a disastrous picture. His philosophy was an attempt to produce a new world-picture which took Darwinism into account but was not nullified by it.",
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                        "text": "Where philosophy ends, poetry must commence. There should not be a common point of view, a natural manner of thinking which standsin contrast to art and liberal education, or mere living; that is, one should not conceive of a realm of crudeness beyond the boundaries of education. Every conscious link of an organism should not perceive its limits without a feeling for its unity in relation to the whole. For example, philosophy should not only be contrasted to non-philosophy, but also to poetry.",
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                        "text": "The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the six Darshanas and the Brahma Sutras, which are still the delight of scholars and the inspiration of occultists and mystics.",
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                        "text": "We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law; 2) a religious: do good because it is God's will, out of love of God; 3) a human: do good because it will promote your happiness, out of self-love; 4) a political: do good because it will promote the welfare of the society of which you are a part, out of love of society having regard to yourself. But is this not all one single principle, only viewed from different sides?",
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                        "text": "Black is the absence of all color. White is the presence of all colors. I suppose life must be one or the other. On the whole, though, I think I would prefer color to its absence. But then black does add depth and texture to color. Perhaps certain shades of gray are necessary to a complete palette. Even unrelieved black. Ah, a deep philosophical question. Is black necessary to life, even a happy life? Could we ever be happy if we did not at least occasionally experience misery?",
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                        "text": "Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even philosophers wish for them. Those who write against vanity want to have the glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the glory of having read it. I who write this have perhaps this desire, and perhaps those who will read it.",
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                        "text": "The animals share with us the privilege of having a soul Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another! In the midst of such wealth as earth, the best of mothers, provides, yet nothing satisfies you, but to behave like the Cyclopes, inflicting sorry wounds with cruel teeth! You cannot appease the hungry cravings of your wicked, gluttonous stomachs except by destroying some other life.",
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