Education Quote by Augustine of Hippo

We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I…

— Megan Whalen Turner

“One cannot conceive man actually ascribing ethical qualities to his gods before he becomes sufficiently developed to formulate moral rules for his own guidance,…

— Chapman Cohen

To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common…

— Baron d'Holbach

“If you will bear in mind that Socrates, the best of the pagans, knew of no higher criterion for men, of no better guide…

— Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

“Herein lies the supreme wisdom, human and divine; and the task of philosophy consists in teaching men to submit joyously to Necessity which hears…

— Lev Shestov

“In the philosopher, on the contrary, there is absolutely nothing impersonal; and above all, his morality furnishes a decided and decisive testimony as to…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“since it was impossible, without God, to come to a knowledge of God, He teaches men, through His Word, to know God.”

— The Church Fathers

“Only the incomprehensibilities of a Triune God could explain the impossibilities of human philosophy.”

— Kevin Swanson

But I cannot recite, even thus rudely, laws of the intellect, without remembering that lofty and sequestered class of men who have been its…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“From the study of the development of human intelligence, in all directions, and through all times, the discovery arises of a great fundamental law,…

— Auguste Comte

“Here then we see philosophy brought to a critical position, since it has to be firmly fixed, notwithstanding that it has nothing to support…

— Immanuel Kant

“Socrates based his ethical values on logical reasoning, rather than theological beliefs, which ultimately led to his death. He”

— Paxton Casmiro