Philosopher Quotes

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The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
When you make music you are acting as a philosopher. You can either do that consciously or you can do it unconsciously, but you're doing… — John Cage
There was a German philosopher who is very well known, his name was Immanuel Kant, and he said there are two things that donâ€™t have… — John Cage
Different Chinese philosophers, writing probably in 5-4 centuries B.C., presented some major ideas and a way of life that are nowadays known under the name… — Alan Watts
Future generations may or may not judge Wittgenstein to be one of the great philosophers. Even if they do not, however, he is sure always… — A.C. Grayling
The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm the… — Norman Douglas
Shouldn't I join the ranks of philosophers and merely make unsubstantiated claims about the wonders of human consciousness? Shouldn't I stop trying to do some… — Kevin Warwick
I feel that we are all philosophers, and that those who describe themselves as a 'philosopher' simply do not have a day job to go… — Kevin Warwick
I persist in preferring philosophers to rabbis priests imams ayatollahs and mullahs. Rather than trust their theological hocus-pocus I prefer to draw on alternatives to… — Michel Onfray
The teacher, like the artist and the philosopher, can perform his work adequately only if he feels himself to be an individual directed by an… — Bertrand Russell
All art preserves mysteries which aesthetic philosophers tackle in vain. — Anthony Burgess
Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight,… — Deepak Chopra
Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though the philosophers sometimes… — John Calvin
Summer weather, like being in love,is a philosopher's stone which turns our ordinary days to gold. But not the whole day ... For it is… — Nan Fairbrother
All our contemporary philosophers perhaps without knowing it are looking through eyeglasses that Baruch Spinoza polished. Spinoza was a philosopher who earned his livelihood by… — Heinrich Heine
Cavendish was a great Man with extraordinary singularities-His voice was squeaking his manner nervous He was afraid of strangers & seemed when embarrassed to articulate… — Humphry Davy
Every philosophical thinker hails it [The Origin of Species] as a veritable Whitworth gun in the armoury of liberalism. — Thomas Huxley
For other great mathematicians or philosophers, he [Gauss] used the epithets magnus, or clarus, or clarissimus; for Newton alone he kept the prefix summus. — W. W. Rouse Ball
Historically the most striking result of Kant's labors was the rapid separation of the thinkers of his own nation and, though less completely, of the… — Lawrence Joseph Henderson
In England, philosophers are honoured, respected; they rise to public offices, they are buried with the kings... In France warrants are issued against them, they… — John Dewey

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