Philosopher Quotes

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One can defend common sense against the attacks of philosophers only by solving their puzzles, i.e., by curing them of the temptation to attack common… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Some philosophers are drawn to the subject [of philosophy] via their interest in the nature and structure of the world external to us. Others are… — Jason Stanley
Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we… — C. D. Broad
You ask: What is it that philosophers have called qualitative states? I answer, only half in jest: As Louis Armstrong said when asked what jazz… — Ned Block
Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man. — David Hume
Jesus, as a philosopher is wonderful. There's no greater role model, in my view, than Jesus Christ. It's just a shame that most of the… — Bill Maher
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within. — Edmund Husserl
Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in… — Bertrand Russell
For example, a few years ago, a great French philosopher, Roger Garaudy, wrote a scientific book. He did not offend, curse, or insult anyone. He… — Hassan Nasrallah
As poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, "We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water." Simplicity has power. And living on purpose comes… — Dan Millman
To me, a philosopher who says that the distinction between human and nonhuman depends on whether you have a white or a black skin, and… — J M Coetzee
The adoption of the required attitude of mind towards ideas that seem to emerge "of their own free will" and the abandonment of the critical… — Sigmund Freud
No matter what the cause, even though it be to conquer with tanks and planes and modern artillery some defenseless black population, there will be… — John T. Flynn
I think you must remember that a writer is a simple-minded person to begin with and go on that basis. He's not a great mind,… — Erskine Caldwell
Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than… — Max Euwe
The true wisdom of the philosopher ought to insist in enjoying everything. Yet we apply ourselves to dissecting and destroying everything that is good in… — Eugene Delacroix
Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the companion of the scholar and… — Evelyn Waugh
I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a… — Jonathan Swift
I have held and hold souls to be immortal.... Speaking as a Catholic, they do not pass from body to body, but go to paradise,… — Giordano Bruno
It is a logical absurdity to equate democracy with freedom in the way that mainstream political philosophers and commentators typically do. A system where individuals… — Keith Preston

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