Philosophy Quote by Alexandre Dumas

“Philosophy cannot be taught. Philosophy is the union of all acquired knowledge and the genius that applies it: philosophy is the shining cloud upon…

— Alexandre Dumas

Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.

— Alexandre Dumas

“My son, philosophy as I understand it, is reducible to no rules by which it can be learned; it is the amalgamation of all…

— Alexandre Dumas

“Either there is a teacher now teaching upon earth, guaranteed by Christ as the apostles were, or there is no possibility of knowing the…

— F.J. Sheed

“What I call my philosophy of teaching is in fact a philosophy of learning. It comes out of Plato, modified. Before true learning can…

— J.M. Coetzee

“Philosophy itself should not be merely "the pursuit of the knowledge of the truth" but should offer a practical guide for ordinary people in…

— Anthony Pagden

“Education teaches us many things: but nothing worth knowing can be taught. It has to be caught – through fellowship with the true, the…

— Dada J.P. Vaswani

“I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.”

— Baruch Spinoza

“There is a great quantity of knowledge that can be obtained through a scientific quest. But that knowledge is flawed, and can distract one’s…

— Calvin W. Allison

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

— Albert Pike

“We are only able to get into the possession of Wisdom and get closer to Truth when and if we realize that all the…

— Frank M. Wanderer

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

— Jacques Barzun