Philosophers Quotes

495 Philosophers quotes by 356 unique authors

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
Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it! — Philibert Joseph Roux
I'm the best promoter in the world because I haven't taken a day off work since I left the penitentiary, and because I have read… — Don King
Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating… — Samuel Adams
I used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers. — Terry Pratchett
The poets and philosophers before me discovered the unconscious; what I discovered was the scientific method by which the unconscious can be studied. — Sigmund Freud
Poets are being pursued by the philosophers today, out of the poverty of philosophy. God damn it, you might think a man had no business… — William Carlos Williams
All philosophers should end their days at Pythia’s feet. There is only one philosophy, that of unique moments. — Emile M. Cioran
What a pity that 'nothingness' has been devalued by an abuse of it made by philosophers unworthy of it! — Emile M. Cioran
Philosophers are divided on the question of whether the narrative therein unfolded [the Crossman Diaries] is grippingly boring or boringly gripping. — Clive James
Not a single one of the doctrines of Marx has ever been accepted by any economist or any philosopher. But what of it? It was… — Thomas Nixon Carver
I shall no doubt be blamed by certain scientists, and, I am afraid, by some philosophers, for having taken serious account of the alleged facts… — C. D. Broad
Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers. — David Hume
The centre of the universe and only rotates on its axis without going from east to west, is a very dangerous attitude and one calculated… — Robert Bellarmine
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet… — Plato
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 now call kings… — Plato
It seems to me that philosophers should be more relaxed about whether or not some form of materialism is true. — Tyler Burge
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and… — Plato
Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some knowledge… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
The conception of Godhead formed by some devout philosophers and mystics has quite rightly been so immeasurably vast, though still assuredly utterly inadequate and necessarily… — Oliver Lodge
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… — Bertrand Russell

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