Philosophizing Quotes

18 quotes by 16 authors

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
One can delineate the domain of philosophy however one likes, but in its search for truth, philosophy is always concerned with human existence.Â Authentic philosophizing… — Herbert Marcuse
Death is the real inspiring genius or Musagetes of philosophy, and for this reason Socrates defined philosophy as thanatou mÃ©lÃ©tÃ¨ (preparation for death; Plato, Phaedo,… — Luce Irigaray
In philosophy, when we make use of false principles, we depart the farther from the knowledge of truth and wisdom exactly in proportion to the… — Rene Descartes
What's most troubling about this witless mishmash of whiny, infantile philosophizing and bone-crunching violence is the increasing realization that it actually thinks it's saying something… — Kenneth Turan
Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about.… — Zhuangzi
Human life is an extension of the principles of nature, and human civilization is a venture extrapolated out of human natures: man and his natural… — Kenny Smith
A vital part of philosophizing is learning to trust one's own intuitivist intelligence, getting one's center of gravity back between one's feet. In our culture-so… — Kenny Smith
You work here [on the farm] simply without philosophizing; sometimes the work is hard and crowded with pettiness. But at times you feel a surge… — A. D. Gordon
About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space. — Henry Hopper
All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all off which limit it to a fake learnedness. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them. — Rene Descartes
Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
When you are philosophizing you have to descend into primeval chaos and feel at home there. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
When I was twelve, I was interviewed by a doctoral candidate in education and asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I… — Judith Butler
Sometimes I go for days without speaking to a soul. I think, â€œI should make that call", but I put it off. Because thereâ€™s something… — Ingmar Bergman
I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft. — Al Pacino

Who Wrote These Philosophizing Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 18 Philosophizing Quotes as follows: