Philosopher Quotes

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One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and… — Plato
One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and… — Plato
'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves… — Plato
And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not… — Plato
For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy. — Plato
REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a… — Ambrose Bierce
Here we are at the very core of the thesis we wish to defend in the present essay: reverie is under the sign of the… — Gaston Bachelard
We need a moral philosophy in which the concept of love, so rarely mentioned now by philosophers, can once again be made central. — Iris Murdoch
A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by… — Henry David Thoreau
Let no Christian therefore, whether philosopher or theologian, embrace eagerly and lightly whatever novelty happens to be thought up from day to day, but rather… — Pope Pius XII
Philosophers should consider the fact that the greatest happiness principle can easily be made an excuse for a benevolent dictatorship. We should replace it by… — Karl Popper
Some philosophers see into themselves, and some into their times; still others forge an alliance with the future. — David Berlinski
Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender… — Savielly Tartakower
I believe in magic ... There is magic in the creative faculty such as great poets and philosophers conspicuously possess, and equally in the creative… — Emanuel Lasker
The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant. — Julien Benda
It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin… — Frederick Soddy
I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own reality enters into it. Our reality alone allows the thinker's… — Karl Jaspers
The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is… — Oliver Goldsmith
When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist. — B.K.S. Iyengar
According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat — Moliere

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