Assessment Quote by Ernest Gellner

Philosophy ... is a science, and as such has no articles of faith; accordingly, in it nothing can be assumed as existing except what…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the…

— Anonymous

Philosophy is about getting the facts right, but it is also about thinking rightly about them. Philosophy is more about the latter than the…

— Allen W. Wood

Philosophy is one of the ways to use complicated sentences to explain simple concepts.

— Mariana Fulger

For the establishment, philosophy is both an elitist and an idealist discipline: In high school, it is a compulsory subject; at university, they teach…

— Michel Onfray

For me, philosophy is an activity of thought that is common to human beings. Human beings at their best.

— Simon Critchley

Philosophy is the sum total of all that you know and what you decide is valuable.

— Jim Rohn

I see philosophy as a fairly abstract activity, as concerned mainly with the analysis of criticism and concepts, and of course most usefully of…

— A.J. Ayer

Philosophy begins with the understanding that you cannot just observe or experience and then report what you see, because how you conceptualize and symbolize…

— Eugene Gendlin

Philosophy has to be enquiring; it can take nothing on faith, and its methods are based not on the blind acceptance of authority, but…

— Julian Baggini

“The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thoughts.   Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.   A philosophical work consists…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein