Philosophical Quote by Blaise Pascal

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

— Blaise Pascal

Philosophy exists in profoundest opposition to rhetoric, which is speaking for the sake of producing or controlling some effect in others' perceptions. Philosophy is…

— Kenny Smith

Making fun of philosophy is really philosophising.

— Blaise Pascal

A great philosophy is not a philosophy without reproach; it is philosophy without fear.

— Charles Peguy

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

The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird.

— Simon Blackburn

The act of philosophizing involves the character of the philosopher.

— Jacques Maritain

Ridicule may be the evidence of with or bitterness and may gratify a little mind, or an ungenerous temper, but it is no test…

— Tryon Edwards

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

“With the possible exception of the higher reaches of pure mathematics or theoretical physics, one can scarcely imagine anything more inhuman than philosophy. Its…

— Mark Rowlands

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

— Oscar Wilde

“Philosophy is a distancing, if not debilitating, activity.”

— Michael J. Sandel