Philosophy Quote by Bertrand Russell Download Open image “Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.” — Bertrand Russell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Philosophy Thinking
Philosophy is an amazing tissue of really fine thinking and incredible, puerile mistakes. It's like one of those rubber 'bones' they give dogs to… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts… — Plato Copy Share Image
The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird. — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her. — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
What is philosophy? It is something that lightens up, that makes bright. — Victor Cousin Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is about picking up an idea or a combination of ideas, then, like a toddler with its toys - twisting, turning, pulling, arranging,… — Monaristw Copy Share Image
Philosophy... is indeed outrageous, inherently so. It seeks to disquiet the foundations of our lives and to offer us in recompense nothing better than… — Stanley Cavell Copy Share Image
Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A great philosophy is not one that passes final judgments and establishes ultimate truth. It is one that causes uneasiness and starts commotion. — Charles Peguy Copy Share Image
Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Dr. Arnold . . . the admired reformer of public schools, came across some cranks who thought it a mistake to flog boys. Anyone… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“MIND & GRIND Self-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“It takes tremendous courage, persistence, and perseverance to pursue your ultimate purpose.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
“This is what is called "honor among thieves," for the really dangerous people are those who do not recognize that they are thieves— the… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
“The spirit of our accurate and exact philosophy is outraged by conclusions that contradict each other so glaringly.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I never knew any man who had once tasted the sweetness of experimental knowledge, that ever afterward fasted after ye Vapour garlick and onions… — Carl Zimmer Copy Share Image
“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image