Philosophy Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also…

— Anonymous

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

— William James

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am only a philosopher, and there is only one thing that a philosopher can be relied on to do, and that is, to…

— William James

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

— Alfred North Whitehead

There is no philosopher in the world so great but he believes a million things on the faith of other people and accepts a…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The true philosopher is one who makes people believe that he admires what he does not admire.

— Vikrant Parsai

The philosopher is not a citizen of any community of ideas, that is what makes him a philosopher.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

A philosopher ... is not fairly judged by his eccentricities, nor by the frailties to which he is liable; still less should his philosophy…

— John Grier Hibben

To understand a philosopher requires a philosopher.

— Horace Bushnell

I strongly believe that one of the best philosophies of life is to be your own philosopher.

— Anonymous