Philosophy Quote by Alexandre Dumas

“Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth; it is like the golden cloud in which the Messiah went…

— Alexandre Dumas

“Teaching philosophy isn't what I do. Teaching philosophy is, sort of, what I am.”

— Robert C. Solomon

“Philosophy, like all other studies, aims primarily at knowledge. The knowledge it aims at is the kind of knowledge which gives unity and system…

— Bertnard Russell

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

— Alexandre Dumas

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

— Albert Pike

My teaching is not a philosophy. It is the result of direct experience... My teaching is a means of practice, not something to hold…

— Gautama Buddha

Philosophy teaches us to look at the world again. It brings out at a theoretical level what all plain, common, ordinary people, in a…

— Simon Critchley

Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a proud, sturdy…

— Richard Cecil

Philosophy is the education of grown-ups.

— Stanley Cavell

“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

Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women of action…

— Ryan Holiday

“So philosophy purifies the will. But philosophy is to be understood as experience and thought, not as mere reading or passive study.”

— Will Durant