Some philosophers think that the idea of a consequentialist virtue theory is strange, but the real strength of consequentialism is that it… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
“The Lorentz transformations, with their absolute condition c (the speed of light, with light being massless, maximally length-contracted and time-dilated) show that… — Dr. Thomas Stark Copy Share Image
“A scientist is not to teach humans, but to serve humans A philosopher is not to teach humans, but to serve humans.… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We want to ensure a multilateral development of society, the thriving of all sides of social life, economy, science and culture, the… — Nicolae Ceausescu Copy Share Image
“Children are no longer being parented, but are raised. Thats why they don't have morals, ethics,humanity and manners, because their parents neglected… — D.J. Kyos Copy Share Image
“Sacrificing earth to paradise is like leaving your fortune to a corpse. I'm not that stupid. Duped by the Infinite! I am… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
In the history of humanity there are no civilizations or cultures which fail to manifest, in one or a thousand ways, this… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Faced with the thoughts, the actions of a woman whom we love, we are as completely at a loss as the world's… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
You perceive now, my friends, what your general or abstract duty is as teachers. Although you have to generate in your pupils… — William James Copy Share Image
I believe that any individual who has spiritually awakened in our time, to the degree that he or she finds a higher… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The scientist, by the very nature of his commitment, creates more and more questions, never fewer. Indeed the measure of our intellectual… — Gordon Allport Copy Share Image
The upshot is that most philosophers of biology now hold that biological properties supervene on physical properties (where supervenience is taken to… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
“Clever isn't the same as sensible," said Susan, "and they do say that if you wish to walk the path to wisdom… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. They did… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“For the man in the street, the philosophies of opposites, particularly Good and Evil, have served as a torture chamber, a crucifix… — Christopher S. Hyatt Copy Share Image
Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
I believe that the major operating ethic in American society right now, the most universal want and need is to be on… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Why have we had such a decline in moral climate? I submit to you that a major factor has been a change… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Instead of using our platforms and influence to persuade other people of faith to take a moral stand against secular ethics, what… — Scott Sauls Copy Share Image
“A Christian is supposed to be in the world, and yet not of the world--a Both/And as perplexing and demanding as the… — Therese Doucet Copy Share Image
“The conversation can be serious, too, taking on the form of a grave philosophical discourse as the characters take turns to expound… — Edward Whittemore Copy Share Image
“People hate you and paint you as a bad person if you are telling them the truth they don’t want to hear… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
“This was her original state; and then, as I was saying, and as the lovers of knowledge are well aware, philosophy, seeing… — Plato Copy Share Image
“I am not my mind, because I can observe my thoughts. So the observer is different from the observed – I am… — Osho Copy Share Image
It is not science which leads to unbelief but rather ignorance. The ignorant man thinks he understands something provided that he sees… — Jan Potocki Copy Share Image
“Well, on some level, it’s similar to the psychological phenomenon of helplessness, where the will to try is lost. You get to… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
Born and nurtured when the human being first asked questions about the reason for things and their purpose, philosophy shows in different… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
'The Marriage of Souls', like 'The Rationalist', is an exploration of humanist philosophy wrapped between the delicate leaves of an eighteenth-century tale.… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
I illustrate with a quotation from the atheist philosopher Richard Rorty, who died recently and is, I suspect, now having a lengthy… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
The theistic philosopher has a tendency to devalue insufficient worldviews, ideologies, and quite often common sense for the greater good, and in… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“...the story of liberty and its future is not only about the raw assertion of rights but also about grace, aesthetics, beauty,… — Jeffrey Tucker Copy Share Image
“But while we are confined to books, though the most select and classic, and read only particular written languages, which are themselves… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you try to imagine as nearly as you can what an amount of misery, pain, and suffering of every kind the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“...True classical dropouts in society are those who avoid difficult challenges and cling to the first opportunity that comes their way. They… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
The trouble is with socialism, which resembles a form of mental illness more than it does a philosophy. Socialists get bees in… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
“There are enigmas that we can gnaw on throughout our lives from which we derive sustenance, some kind of spiritual nourishment...I'm thinking… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“That educators who have repeatedly failed to do what they are hired to do, and trained to do, should take on sweeping… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“The race of prophets is extinct. Europe is becoming set in its ways, slowly embalming itself beneath the wrappings of its borders,… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
“Joly, perceiving a cat prowling on a gutter, extracted philosophy from it. "What is the cat?" he exclaimed. "It is a corrective.… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
