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Philosophy Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

11 Philosophy quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Georg C. Lichtenberg’s observations on philosophy are distilled into eleven concise statements, reflecting the sharp wit and scientific curiosity that defined his work. This modest collection offers a quick taste of his Enlightenment-era reflections for readers who enjoy a blend of humor and depth.

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If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

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God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

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The fruits of philosophy are the important thing, not the philosophy itself. When we ask the time, we don't want to know…

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Everyone should study at least enough philosophy and belles-lettres to make his sexual experience more delectable.

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Be attentive, feel nothing in vain, measure and compare: this is the whole law of philosophy.

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If an angel were to tell us about his philosophy, I believe many of his statements might well sound like '2 x…

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Do not commence your exercises in philosophy in those regions where an error can deliver you over to the executioner.

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Cautiousness in judgment is nowadays to be recommended to each and every one: if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten…

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We often have need of a profound philosophy to restore to our feelings their original state of innocence, to find our way…

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The natural scientists of the previous age knew less than we do and believed they were very close to the goal: we…

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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;…

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If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.

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The wisdom of providence is as much revealed in the rarity of genius, as in the circumstance that not everyone is deaf or blind.

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I ceased in the year 1764 to believe that one can convince one’s opponents with arguments printed in books. It is not to do…

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Probably no invention came more easily to man than heaven.

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It is a great shame; most of our words are misused tools / which often still smell of the mud in which previous owners…

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To live when you do not want to is dreadful, but it would be even more terrible to be immortal when you did not…

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He who understands the wise is wise already.

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He who says he hates all kinds of flattery, and says so in earnest, has undoubtedly not as yet become acquainted with all kinds…

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One can live in this world on soothsaying but not on truth saying.

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Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is…

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