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Philosophy Quotes by Galileo Galilei
- In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle…
- Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further…
- Oh, my dear Kepler, how I wish that we could have one hearty laugh together. Here, at Padua, is the principal professor of philosophy, whom…
- I truly believe the book of philosophy to be that which stands perpetually open before our eyes, though since it is written in characters different…
- What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It's the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a…
- Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it…
- Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes — I mean the universe — but we cannot understand it if…
- Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes ... We cannot understand it if we do not first learn the…
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- 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