Philosophers Quotes

495 Philosophers quotes by 356 unique authors

I want to read philosophers. — Saul Kripke
I felt the question of the afterlife was the black hole of the personal universe: something for which substantial proof of existence had been offered… — Raymond Moody
Critics and academics often employ theories and philosophers in order to help them understand and dissect movies and books. — Douglas Lain
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece, carpenters,… — Michel Onfray
Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we… — Plato
We were promised a society of philosophers. But the Blogosphere is looking more and more like a nation of ankle-biters. — Steven Levy
Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to… — Lactantius
For example, the philosophers who were interested in logic were probably rather logical for mathematicians. But the ASL got us together, so we could talk… — Stephen Cole Kleene
In taking action we must remember that the things which are happening to the Jews today are but a part of the general disintegration anticipated… — Louis Finkelstein
There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it. — George Savile
It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, than on inquiring what… — Charles Sanders Peirce
I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. — Hippolyte Taine
When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities. — Walter Mosley
Since at least the Middle Ages, philosophers and philologists have dreamed of curing natural languages of their flaws by constructing entirely new idioms according to… — Joshua Foer
Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world. — Gerhard Richter
When it comes to the real operational issues that govern our understanding of physical reality, ontological definitions of classical philosophers are, in my opinion, sterile. — Lawrence M. Krauss
We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say… — Epictetus
The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a venture, that famous truthfulness of which all philosophers up to… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do you think of… — Galileo Galilei
A process which led from the amoebae to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoebae would agree… — Bertrand Russell
Supposing that Truth is a woman ---well, now, is there not some foundation for suspecting that all philosophers, insofar as they were dogmatists, have not… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Accuracy is not only in the home. Philosophers often bring accuracy to their thoughts. — Ilkin Santak
Most of those who have been bitten by the philosophy bug shall know, philosophers philosophise mainly because they cannot help it. — Senoraroy
Song of Myself is a new kind of poem , which is shocked, puzzled, amused, amazed all the average readers, but it is also impressed… — Walt Whitman

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