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“This feeling that--contrary to the consciously philosophic and historical conception which proclaims unceasing and peaceful progress--one is experiencing a last brief, irretrievable intellectual prime…

— Gyorgy Lukács

“The moment a realm of intellectual activity is codifiable, it ceases to be uniquely human.”

— Anonymous

This is the most enormous extension of vision of which life is capable: the projection of itself into other lives. This is the lonely,…

— Loren Eiseley

Intellectualism' is the belief that our mind comes upon a world complete in itself, and has the duty of ascertaining its contents; but has…

— William James

I have always tried to maintain a sense of humanity in my work, to create something that will take on its own personality but…

— Dean Mitchell

I'm a humanist at heart: at the end of the day, we are all human beings.

— Chet Faker

“intellectuals became preoccupied with an aspiration as fundamental in humans as the urge for individual autonomy: the need to belong.”

— Aileen M. Kelly

“Intellectuals ponder, philosophize, interpret, and all this is essential to our shared experience, however, to feel the warmth of what lays at our feet…

— Mark O'Brien

“And humanism—that transcendent vision that spans centuries and religions in its celebration of reason, responsibility, art, and examined lives—has been tossed out like old…

— Jean Hegland

The best of humanity is philosophy.

— Kedar Joshi

However, we all share the firm belief in the triumph of humanist and progressive values that mankind has achieved during its long history of…

— Anonymous