Philosopher Quotes

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love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers. — George Santayana
The philosopher Elaine Scarry has observed that "beauty always takes place in the particular." Cruelty, on the other hand, prefers abstraction. — Jonathan Safran Foer
This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and… — Douglas MacArthur
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn… — Herman Melville
Some people spend their whole lives looking for themselves, yet our self is the one thing we surely cannot lose (how like a cheap philosopher… — Kate Atkinson
That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does… — Terry Pratchett
In mysticism that love of truth which we saw as the beginning of all philosophy leaves the merely intellectual sphere, and takes on the assured… — Evelyn Underhill
I will not die, it's the world that will end." paraphrase of unknown philosopher — Ayn Rand
Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it… — Jeannette Walls
We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. We are not afraid of the darkness. We trust that the moon shall… — Saul Williams
The motive that impels modern reason to know must be described as the desire to conquer and dominate. For the Greek philosophers and the Fathers… — JÃ¼rgen Moltmann
I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an… — Richard Dawkins
Symbols and emblems were everywhere. Buildings and pictures were designed to be read like books. Everything stood for something else; if you had the right… — Philip Pullman
From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the… — Marcus Aurelius
People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to… — Iain Banks
The poets and philosophers I once loved had it wrong. Death does not come to us all, nor does the passage of time dim our… — Kevin Williamson
The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to… — David Hume
Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking. Pity the… — Khalil Gibran
What you can imagine depends on what you know. Philosophers who know only philosophy consign themselves to a janitorial role in the great enterprises of… — Daniel Dennett
Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world… — Terence McKenna

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