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Philosophy Quotes by Denis Diderot
- Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
- What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
- Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does.
- When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which…
- Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
- We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently…
- The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
- Descartes said: "I think, therefore I am." Helvetius wants to say: "I feel, therefore I want to feel pleasantly." I prefer Hobbes who claims that…
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- 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