Education Quote by David Hume

“Before Socrates, philosophers were primarily interested in explaining the world around them and the phenomena of that world—in doing what we would now call…

— William B. Irvine

Ancient philosophy proposed to mankind an art of living. By contrast, modern philosophy appears above all as the construction of a technical jargon reserved…

— Pierre Hadot

“[O]ther thinkers have philosophised since the time of Plato, but that does not destroy the interest and beauty of his philosophy”

— Frederick Charles Copleston

Modern man, seeking a middle position in the evaluation of sense impression and thought, can, following Plato , interpret the process of understanding nature…

— Wolfgang Pauli

“Humanism, he continued, leaning toward his colleagues with the zeal of his conviction even as he stumbled over his words, that holds as its…

— Jean Hegland

“...the delicate arrangements and systems that made life on the outside so easy; the massive industries balanced on knife-edge adjustments; the handful of men…

— William Mulvihill

“still the teachings of the philosophers are not the commandments of the gods, but the discoveries of men, who, at the prompting of their…

— Augustine of Hippo

The philosopher is Nature's pilot.

— George Bernard Shaw

“He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes…

— Aldous Huxley

“His lack of reverence for authority and his willingness to challenge received wisdom would lead him to craft an empirical approach for understanding nature…

— Walter Isaacson

The human mind is constructed to always move forward Hanging on to the philosophy of ancient people is a great stumbling block to the…

— Ritu Ghatourey

The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the organized efforts…

— William Wickenden