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It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must…

— Morris Raphael Cohen

Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.

— Bryan Magee

I have presented principles of philosophy that are not, however, philosophical but strictly mathematical-that is, those on which the study of philosophy can be…

— Isaac Newton

Sometimes we let other people's reality become our own. The circumstances need to be studied to thus follow a philosophy.

— Anonymous

A system of philosophy, or metaphysics, is a union of a world view and a life view in one harmonious, complete, integral conception. In…

— Joseph Alexander Leighton

I have no personal system of philosophy. I never attempt to do that. I am merely a man of letters.

— Jorge Luis Borges

There is no real philosophy until the mind turns around and examines itself.

— Will Durant

Philosophy can help laymen spot and reject the numerous pseudoscientific beliefs that survive in the media, such as the fantasies of psychoanalysts, evolutionary psychologists,…

— Mario Bunge

Philosophy does not exist. It is nothing but an hypostatized abstraction.

— R. D. Laing

Philosophy exists in profoundest opposition to rhetoric, which is speaking for the sake of producing or controlling some effect in others' perceptions. Philosophy is…

— Kenny Smith

Philosophy that satisfies its own intention, and does not childishly skip behind its own history and the real one, has its lifeblood in the…

— Theodor Adorno