Avoided Quote by Epictetus

“Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus, at an entertainment,…

— Epictetus

“Even if all philosophers do eat, some may eat more than others. This situation is called "lack of fairness". Or life.”

— Dennis E. Shasha

Everyone is a philosopher. Not everyone is good at it.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.

— Anonymous

'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who…

— Plato

When you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and…

— Epictetus

“To Socrates, an individual’s actions were directly related to his intelligence and ignorance. He believed people should develop their self, rather than concentrate on…

— Paul Kleinman

A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To understand a philosopher requires a philosopher.

— Horace Bushnell

“Such a principled disregard of ad hominem evidence is a characteristically modern prejudice of professional philosophers. For most Greek and Roman thinkers from Plato…

— James Miller

“The true business of the philosopher, though not flattering to his vanity, is merely to ascertain, arrange and condense the facts.”

— John Leslie

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.

— William James