Philosophers Quotes

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Contemporary philosophers, even the rationalistic minded ones, have on the whole agreed that no one has intelligibly banished the mystery of fact. — William James
Philosophers are as jealous as woman; each wants a monopoly of praise. — George Santayana
Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths. — George Santayana
Say, Not so, and you will out circle the philosophers. — Henry David Thoreau
Meditation is a gift confined to unknown philosophers and cows. Others don't begin to think till they begin to talk or write. — Finley Peter Dunne
Philosophers are in the habit of setting themselves before life and experience. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Modern civilization is largely devoted to the pursuit of the cult of delusion. There is no general information about the nature of mind. It is… — Sogyal Rinpoche
The whole Mediterranean, the sculpture, the palm, the gold beads, the bearded heroes, the wine, the ideas, the ships, the moonlight, the winged gorgons, the… — Lawrence Durrell
Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers — Arthur Helps
Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret publicly that such… — Michael Faraday
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science,… — Max Born
To test a perfect theory with imperfect instruments did not impress the Greek philosophers as a valid way to gain knowledge. — Isaac Asimov
To turn Karl [Popper]'s view on its head, it is precisely the abandonment of critical discourse that marks the transition of science. Once a field… — Thomas Kuhn
Philosophers and theologians have yet to learn that a physical fact is as sacred as a moral principle. Our own nature demands from us this… — Louis Agassiz
Very few of us can now place ourselves in the mental condition in which even such philosophers as the great Descartes were involved in the… — James Clerk Maxwell
It can happen to but few philosophers, and but at distant intervals, to snatch a science, like Dalton, from the chaos of indefinite combination, and… — Charles Babbage
When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers. — Walter Lippmann
The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of… — Elias Canetti
The philosophers must station themselves in the middle. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to… — Blaise Pascal

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