Philosopher Quotes

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A philosopher is a lover of wisdom, not of knowledge, which for all its great uses ultimately suffers from the crippling effect of ephemerality. All… — Shashi Tharoor
Let us be dreamers, thinkers, speculative philosophers, or as our spouses would have it: Idiots — Douglas Adams
How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: â€˜Yes, stand… — Henry Hazlitt
Experiences are the chemicals of life with which the philosopher experiments — Manly Hall
George's son had done his work so thoroughly that he was considered too good a workman to live, and was, in fact, taken and tragically… — Thomas Hardy
If we only look far enough off for the consequence of our actions, we can always find some point in the combination of results by… — George Eliot
I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in… — A. Lee Martinez
It is the man of science, eager to have his every opinion regenerated, his every idea rationalized, by drinking at the fountain of fact, and… — Charles Sanders Peirce
Philosophers can debate the meaning of life, but you need a Lord who can declare the meaning of life. — Max Lucado
This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher"(when asked about completing his income tax form) — Albert Einstein
A German philosopher once wrote that he who fights monsters must take care that he doesn't become one himself. — Anthony Horowitz
A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do… — Neil Gaiman
A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Elric knew that everything that existed had its opposite. In danger he might find peace. And yet, of course, in peace there was danger. Being… — Michael Moorcock
Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to pieces by a… — Iain Pears
In times of widespread chaos and confusion, it has been the duty of more advanced human beings--artists, scientists, clowns and philosophers--to create order. In times… — Tom Robbins
Success has always been the greatest liar - and the "work" itself is a success; the great statesman, the conqueror, the discoverer is disguised by… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity. — Daniel Dennett
Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering. — Epicurus

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