Philosophy Quote by Étienne Gilson

“My object is to persuade all those who think metaphysics worth studying that it is absolutely necessary to pause a moment and, disregarding all…

— Immanuel Kant

“There are no metaphysics.”

— Jonathan Lethem

We have to give up the idea of realism to a far greater extent than most physicists believe today.

— Anton Zeilinger

“Human understanding is limited—and the things that metaphysics seeks to know, we can never know.”

— T.Z. Lavine

Metaphysics must be based on what exists, for it has the task of explicating it.

— Franz Grillparzer

“Abstraction is the condition of the science of metaphysics, but in no way is its content.”

— Fulton J. Sheen

“metaphysics by showing that these theories are not just false, but unintelligible.”

— David Hume

“Real science is recognizing an outcome, not always about reinforcing your theory.”

— Jeffrey Fry

“Metaphysics is… at the root of all other sciences, which indeed presuppose it. It has been abandoned by the modern mind, which seems to…

— Dom Eugene Boylan

“I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actual philosophy.”

— Max Born

At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand.

— Josh Billings