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Life Quotes by Thomas Nagel
- equally real at all stages of his life; specifically, the fact that a particular stage is present cannot be regarded as conferring on it any…
- It is prima facie highly implausible that life as we know it is the result of a sequence of physical accidents together with the mechanism…
- The more details we learn about the chemical basis of life and the intricacy of the genetic code, the more unbelievable the standard historical account…
- It is prima facie highly implausible that life as we know it is the result of a sequence of physical accidents together with the mechanism…
- Leading a human life is a full-time occupation, to which everyone devotes decades of intense concern.
- Life may be not only meaningless but absurd.
- If life is not real, life is not earnest, and the grave is its goal, perhaps it's ridiculous t otake ourselves so seriously.
- The point is... to live one's life in the full complexity of what one is, which is something much darker, more contradictory, more of a…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle