Philosopher Quotes

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Jesus Christ is infinitely more than a great teacher and philosopher. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
For conclusion, I say the philosopher teacheth, but he teacheth obscurely, so as the learned only can understand him; that is to say, he teacheth… — Philip Sidney
I am a fictionalizing philosopher, not a novelist. — Philip K. Dick
A philosopher goes where the truth leads and has no patience with mere emotion. — John C. Wright
Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the… — S. Jay Olshansky
The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he… — Daniel Bell
If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another. — Rene Descartes
No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms. — Peter Frederick Strawson
Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre called for violent… — Michel Onfray
Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth — Voltaire
Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility… — Leo Buscaglia
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. — Socrates
CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo sum_ --whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the… — Ambrose Bierce
When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a philosopher to speak her mind. — Kahlil Gibran
God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the… — Benjamin Franklin
The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is a still greater, which is… — Oliver Goldsmith
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher...and that is… — Socrates
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. — Socrates
The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosopher's Stone. — Paul Celan

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