Philosophers Quotes

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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… — Unknown Author
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
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
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
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding,… — Uta Hagen
The natural scientists of the previous age knew less than we do and believed they were very close to the goal: we have taken very… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Man, some modern philosophers tell us, is alienated from his world: he is a stranger and afraid in a world he never made. Perhaps he… — Karl Popper
The great masses of people do not consist of philosophers; precisely for the masses, faith is often the sole foundation of a moral attitude. The… — Adolf Hitler
Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers. — John Churton Collins
A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers,… — James Madison
Often war is waged only in order to show valor; thus an inner dignity is ascribed to war itself, and even some philosophers have praised… — Immanuel Kant
As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and only wise man,… — Desiderius Erasmus
Only when one thinks even much more madly than the philosophers can one solve their problems. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never. — Bertrand Russell
If we let ourselves believe that man began with divine grace, that he forfeited this by sin, and that he can be redeemed only by… — Blaise Pascal
Philosophers are never quite sure what they are talking about - about what the issues really are - and so often it takes them rather… — Daniel Dennett
Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them down -- toppling the pretension… — Carl Sagan
If moral statements are about something, then the universe is not quite as science suggests it is, since physical theories, having said nothing about God,… — David Berlinski

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