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> [I am also very excited by the way in which we can see Paul wrestling not only with his Jewish world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/i-am-also-very-excited-by-the-way-in-which-we-can-see-paul-wrestling/)

[N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/)

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> [I would say I was a philosophical boy. Thoughts about 'identical stones' are the earliest philosophical thoughts I remember. But when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/i-would-say-i-was-a-philosophical-boy-thoughts-about-identical-stones/)

[Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gonzalo-rodriguez-pereyra/)

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> [I would describe myself as a writer and a student of media. If there's a central idea in media theory, it's to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mckenzie-wark/i-would-describe-myself-as-a-writer-and-a-student-of-media-if-there-s/)

[McKenzie Wark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mckenzie-wark/)

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> [The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves itto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/the-poet-presents-the-imagination-with-images-from-life-and-human/)

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

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> [Not too many people in cocktail parties are aware of Bioprinting and growing organs, or the coming technological singularity; I've seen very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-silva/not-too-many-people-in-cocktail-parties-are-aware-of-bioprinting-and/)

[Jason Silva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-silva/)

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> [As a piece of writing, The Elementary Particles feels like a bad, self-conscious pastiche of Camus, Foucault and Bret Easton Ellis. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michiko-kakutani/as-a-piece-of-writing-the-elementary-particles-feels-like-a-bad-self/)

[Michiko Kakutani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michiko-kakutani/)

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> [And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/and-indeed-nothing-but-the-most-determined-scepticism-along-with-a/)

[David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/)

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> [The progress of science requires the growth of understanding in both directions, downward from the whole to the parts and upward from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/the-progress-of-science-requires-the-growth-of-understanding-in-both/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

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> [“That's your cruelty, that's what's mean and selfish about you. If you loved your brother, you'd give him a job he didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/that-s-your-cruelty-that-s-what-s-mean-and-selfish-about-you-if-you/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [Does the unmistakeable intent of Versailles to proclaim dominion over nature destroy its aesthetic appeal, as Schopenhauer thought? Does the greenness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-e-cooper/does-the-unmistakeable-intent-of-versailles-to-proclaim-dominion-over/)

[David E. Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-e-cooper/)

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> [If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/if-true-the-pythagorean-principles-as-to-abstain-from-flesh-foster/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [If you are religious, you believe that your religion is the 'right' one—and, in many cases, all others will be sent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-g-mcafee/if-you-are-religious-you-believe-that-your-religion-is-the-right-one/)

[David G. McAfee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-g-mcafee/)

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> [“Life is fundamentally a mental state. We live in a dream world that we create. Whose life is truer, the rational man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/life-is-fundamentally-a-mental-state-we-live-in-a-dream-world-that-we/)

[Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/)

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> [In my view, there was a long period in which analytical philosophy had little to say about ethics. I think their intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-w-wood/in-my-view-there-was-a-long-period-in-which-analytical-philosophy-had/)

[Allen W. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-w-wood/)

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> [The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/the-doctrine-called-philosophical-necessity-is-simply-this-that-given/)

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

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> [There's something cool, even on a philosophical level, about understanding the bigger picture and exploring faith, if you will, in a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corbin-bernsen/there-s-something-cool-even-on-a-philosophical-level-about/)

[Corbin Bernsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corbin-bernsen/)

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> [The myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakespeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-myriad-minded-man-our-and-all-men-s-shakespeare-has-in-this-piece/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

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> [Philosophy attempts, not to discover new truths about the world, but to gain a clear view of what we already know and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dummett/philosophy-attempts-not-to-discover-new-truths-about-the-world-but-to/)

Michael Dummett

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> [“There can be no such thing as “philosophical horror”, at least as a premeditated genre. Why? Because philosophy implies enquiry, reflection and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-s-crisp/there-can-be-no-such-thing-as-philosophical-horror-at-least-as-a/)

[Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-s-crisp/)

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> [Philosophical problems can be compared to locks on safes, which can be opened by dialing a certain word or number, so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/philosophical-problems-can-be-compared-to-locks-on-safes-which-can-be/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [Whistleblowing constitutes a nice test case for the evaluation of loyalty. Loyalty also appears at the intersection of many major philosophical debates:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kleinig/whistleblowing-constitutes-a-nice-test-case-for-the-evaluation-of/)

[John Kleinig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kleinig/)

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> [Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a child of theirs, where they're being proved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-nozick/examples-one-finds-in-the-philosophical-literature-are-somebody-who-s/)

[Robert Nozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-nozick/)

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> [I suggest in my own discussion of this episode, Mann invites us to set the attempt to philosophize about his predicament in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kitcher/i-suggest-in-my-own-discussion-of-this-episode-mann-invites-us-to-set/)

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

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> [“The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thoughts.   Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.   A philosophical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/the-object-of-philosophy-is-the-logical-clarification-of-thoughts/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [“WISE God decides different paths for us, That a single soul to follow. He trains us through our journeys to earth, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dipak-mukhopadhyay/wise-god-decides-different-paths-for-us-that-a-single-soul-to-follow-2/)

Dipak Mukhopadhyay

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> [Heterosexuality is a die-hard custom through which male-supremacist institutions insure their own perpetuity and control over us. Women are kept, maintained and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-clarke/heterosexuality-is-a-die-hard-custom-through-which-male-supremacist/)

Cheryl Clarke

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> [Young children are naturally so philosophical. They ask: 'What is real? What is truth?' They have to learn it; they don't automatically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-creech/young-children-are-naturally-so-philosophical-they-ask-what-is-real/)

[Sharon Creech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-creech/)

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> [“Accordingly, no book can actually embody the knowledge of anything of philosophical importance; only a mind can do that, since only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-m-cooper/accordingly-no-book-can-actually-embody-the-knowledge-of-anything-of/)

John M. Cooper

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> [“We must have a new mythology, but it must place itself at the service of ideas, it must become a mythology of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/we-must-have-a-new-mythology-but-it-must-place-itself-at-the-service/)

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

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> [But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/but-indeed-the-science-of-logic-and-the-whole-framework-of/)

[George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/)

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> [“Der Zweck der Philosophie ist die logische Klärung der Gedanken. Die Philosophie ist keine Lehre, sondern eine Tätigkeit. Ein philosophisches Werk besteht…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/der-zweck-der-philosophie-ist-die-logische-kl-rung-der-gedanken-die/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [“The status of philosophy is such that it is not the case that you cannot be wrong in philosophy but that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-worley/the-status-of-philosophy-is-such-that-it-is-not-the-case-that-you/)

Peter Worley

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> [It is a thoughtless and immodest presumption to learn anything about art from philosophy. Some do begin as if they hoped to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-wilhelm-friedrich-schlegel/it-is-a-thoughtless-and-immodest-presumption-to-learn-anything-about/)

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

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> [I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ze-frank/i-don-t-want-to-get-too-philosophical-but-in-a-sense-you-re-given/)

[Ze Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ze-frank/)

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> [“Either God exists or he does not. There is no middle ground. Both cannot be true. No amount of philosophical trickery can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-boot/either-god-exists-or-he-does-not-there-is-no-middle-ground-both/)

Joe Boot

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> [Death itself is a natural occurrence, it is unavoidable, and the Stoics thought that part of philosophical practice is to get comfortable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-pigliucci/death-itself-is-a-natural-occurrence-it-is-unavoidable-and-the-stoics/)

[Massimo Pigliucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-pigliucci/)

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> [In a sense these are questions that most people ask themselves to some extent. They become philosophical when asked with a persistence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/in-a-sense-these-are-questions-that-most-people-ask-themselves-to/)

[George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/)

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> [The ignorant man is not free, because what confronts him is an alien world, something outside him and in the offing, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/the-ignorant-man-is-not-free-because-what-confronts-him-is-an-alien/)

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

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> [It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimonides/it-should-not-be-believed-that-all-beings-exist-for-the-sake-of-the/)

[Maimonides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimonides/)

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> [A pleasant natural environment is a good - a luxury good, philosophical good, a moral goody-good, a good time for all. Whatever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/a-pleasant-natural-environment-is-a-good-a-luxury-good-philosophical/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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                        "text": "I would say I was a philosophical boy. Thoughts about 'identical stones' are the earliest philosophical thoughts I remember. But when I was a teenager I also thought about the more typical philosophical problems teenagers think about: the existence of god, the objectivity of morality, whether one can know that the external world exists.",
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                        "text": "I would describe myself as a writer and a student of media. If there's a central idea in media theory, it's to take media as form. It might grow out of philosophical aesthetics or the study of literature and visual art, but the various strands of media theory converge in treating all of those as subsets of the study of media as form.",
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                        "text": "The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves itto the beholder to let these images take his thoughts as far as his mental powers will permit. This is why he is able to engage men of the most differing capabilities, indeed fools and sages together. The philosopher, on the other hand, presents not life itself but the finished thoughts which he has abstracted from it and then demands that the reader should think precisely as, and precisely as far as, he himself thinks. That is why his public is so small.",
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                        "text": "As a piece of writing, The Elementary Particles feels like a bad, self-conscious pastiche of Camus, Foucault and Bret Easton Ellis. And as a philosophical tract, it evinces a fiercely nihilistic, anti-humanistic vision built upon gross generalizations and ridiculously phony logic. It is a deeply repugnant read.",
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                        "text": "And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth be at all within the reach of human capacity, it is certain it must lie very deep and abstruse: and to hope we shall arrive at it without pains, while the greatest geniuses have failed with the utmost pains, must certainly be esteemed sufficiently vain and presumptuous. I pretend to no such advantage in the philosophy I am going to unfold, and would esteem it a strong presumption against it, were it so very easy and obvious.",
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                        "text": "The progress of science requires the growth of understanding in both directions, downward from the whole to the parts and upward from the parts to the whole. A reductionist philosophy, arbitrarily proclaiming that the growth of understanding must go only in one direction, makes no scientific sense. Indeed, dogmatic philosophical beliefs of any kind have no place in science.",
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                        "text": "“That's your cruelty, that's what's mean and selfish about you. If you loved your brother, you'd give him a job he didn't deserve, precisely because he didn't deserve it--that would be true love and kindness and brotherhood. Else what's love for? If a man deserves a job, there's no virtue in giving it to him. Virtue is the giving of the undeserved.”",
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                        "text": "Does the unmistakeable intent of Versailles to proclaim dominion over nature destroy its aesthetic appeal, as Schopenhauer thought? Does the greenness of the lawn lose its allure when we learn how much water, sorely needed elsewhere, it uses? And historical shifts in garden taste - from formal, 'French' gardens to 'Capability' Brown's landscapes, for instance, or from the elaborate gardens of imperial Kyoto to Zen 'dry' gardens - register important changes in philosophical or religious attitudes.",
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                        "text": "If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what loss have you in losing your cruelty? It merely deprives you of the food of lions and vultures...let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.",
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                        "text": "If you are religious, you believe that your religion is the 'right' one—and, in many cases, all others will be sent to hell. Similarly, a nationalist believes his or her nation is better or more advanced—and a racist believes that an inherent difference between each race make his or her ethnicity superior. All of these ideologies spawn the hate, philosophical disagreements, and prejudices that have been the catalysts for various atrocious acts throughout history.",
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                        "text": "“Life is fundamentally a mental state. We live in a dream world that we create. Whose life is truer, the rational man of action pursuing practical goals of personal happiness and wealth or the philosophic man who lives in a world of theoretical and metaphysical ideas? We ascribe the value quotient to our lives by making decisions that we score as either valid or invalid based upon our personal ethics and how we think and behave.”",
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                        "text": "In my view, there was a long period in which analytical philosophy had little to say about ethics. I think their intellectual tools did not do well with it, and analytical philosophy was above all about revolutionizing the philosophical tool box. It was more or less assumed that the Truth about ethics was some form of utilitarianism (perhaps because some consequentialist calculus looked to them like a respectable tool). Kantian ethics was then interpreted as a particularly odious version of the False - \"deontology\" - and treated with contempt.",
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                        "text": "The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and disposition of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred: that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which are acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical event.",
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