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Philosophers Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- 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…
- Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never.
- Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the world and human…
- The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only…
- Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they…
- A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with…
- A process which led from the amoebae to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoebae would agree…
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- If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. — Abigail Adams
- St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity. — Samuel Beckett
- Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions. — Isaiah Berlin
- Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians. — Mortimer Adler
- It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind… — Edward de Bono
- It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor. — Edward de Bono
- We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers. — Emile M. Cioran
- Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some… — Eric Alterman
- Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets… — Thomas Aquinas