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Philosophy Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling.
- We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good.
- To be ignorant and simple now-not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground-would be to throw down our weapons and to…
- Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.
- Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
- What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.
- What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you…
- [M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't think…
- You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things…
- I have no duty to be anyone's Friend and no man in the world has a duty to be mine. No claims, no shadow of…
- Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and silences…
- Nature does not teach. A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy. Nature will not…
- Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it…
- Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. --C.…
- Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
More Philosophy Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
- How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. — Marcus Aurelius
- Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
- We live on the leash of our senses. — Diane Ackerman
- Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon