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A new thinker is only one who does not know what the old thinkers have thought

— Frank Moore Colby

There are very few original thinkers in the world; the greatest part of those who are called philosophers have adopted the opinions of some…

— Dugald Stewert

To understand a philosopher requires a philosopher.

— Horace Bushnell

In fact, philosophy is universal in scope. No man can live without a world view; therefore, there is no man who is not a…

— Francis Schaeffer

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

— Karl Jaspers

The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect.

— Gilles Deleuze

I am not a philosopher.

— Hans Bethe

The true philosopher does not demonstrate; he shows and says nothing to those who don't understand.

— Vikrant Parsai

The philosopher cannot seriously put to himself questions that his civilization has not lived.

— William Barrett

'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who…

— Plato

A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought.

— Frank Moore Colby