The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war. The wars of our age are not at variance with popular economic doctrines;… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
NI love watching science fiction because I feel like when it's done well, it's not just monsters, but philosophy. Really good science… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
“People are not relativistic when it comes to matters of science, engineering, and technology; rather, they are relativistic and pluralistic in matters… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“In fact, certainty exists in very different modes. The kind of certainty afforded by a verification that has passed through doubt is… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
If you read philosophical texts of the tradition, you'll notice they almost never said 'I,' and didn't speak in the first person.… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
“If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make... So-- as I recall, the official philosophical answer is… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Libertarianism is neither of the left nor of the right. It is unique. It is sui generis. It is apart from left… — Walter Block Copy Share Image
We are now returning to the 18th century empirical approach with the new interest in the evolutionary basis of ethics, with 'experimental'… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
“I love even to see the domestic animals reassert their native rights — any evidence that they have not wholly lost their… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Masochism is more widespread than we realize because it takes an attenuated form. The basic dynamism is as follows: a human being… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“This new philosophical psychology can in this respect be traced back to Maine de Biran, for even if in his time scientific… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
A philosophical attempt to work out a universal history according to a natural plan directed to achieving the civic union of the… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Recognition of the modes of existence of technical objects must be the result of philosophic consideration; what philosophy has to achieve in… — Gilbert Simondon Copy Share Image
This is the personal side of things. When I started going through some of those transitions in my mind, just as a… — Fernando Mastrangelo Copy Share Image
“Had Beta been French, perhaps he would've been an existentialist, probably though that would not have satisfied him. He smiled contemptuously at… — Czesław Miłosz Copy Share Image
“In the West, people learn through the Socratic tradition. The education system was influenced by Western philosophy and is based on constantly… — Sharanya Haridas Copy Share Image
“Zero is Absolute Potential In the metaphysical state: Zero is the present. Zero is the representation of the infinite and the eternal.… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
In my philosophy, the meaning of life derives from the people one has known and loved. I have met my share of… — Walter Rosenblum Copy Share Image
Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A love of neighbor manifests itself in the tolerance not only of opinions of others but, what is more important, of the… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
“Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emotions! A. This is one of… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
“PREFACE TO THE 1832 EDITION At the head of the earlier editions of this work, published at first without the name of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It… — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being… — Thomas Tredgold Copy Share Image
It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and… — David Edmonds Copy Share Image
“There is no doubt that healthy-mindedness is inadequate as a philosophical doctrine, because the evil facts which it positively refuses to account… — William James Copy Share Image
“Philosophy today faces a dilemma similar to the situation at the end of the eighteenth century. As we are now divided between… — Lee Braver Copy Share Image
“…questioning the existence of God may begin because of one’s sense of disappointment rather than because of a line of reasoning. Disappointment… — Gregory E. Ganssle Copy Share Image
“And the Buddha pointed out that his confusion was justified, for 'the dharma is profound, difficult to see, difficult to understand, peaceful,… — David J. Kalupahana Copy Share Image
“A charge often levied against organic agriculture is that it is more philosophy than science. There's some truth to this indictment, if… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“[T]his philosophy [of Kashmir Shaivism] posits a transcendental Absolute that is theistic in nature. This Absolute is not some separate divine source,… — Balajinnatha Pandita Copy Share Image
“Our evolution depends on our memory. If we keep forgetting the mistakes of the past, only to keep repeating them, then we… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“French Enlightenment philosophers liked to use slavery as a symbol of human oppression, and particularly political oppression. “Man is born free but… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
I perceived that I was on a little round grain of rock and metal, filmed with water and with air, whirling in… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
“That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Only by the aid of language does reason bring about its most important achievements, namely the harmonious and consistent action of several… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The structure of the human brain is enormously complex. It contains about 10 billion nerve cells (neurons), which are interlinked in a… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
“Getting closer to the truth is the result of hard work. Truth-seeking means analyzing presuppositions and propositions. It means criticizing evidence as… — Daniel Jones Copy Share Image