Easier Quote by Jacques Derrida

Why is it apparently the philosopher who is expected to be "easier" and not some scientist or other who is even more inaccessible to…

— Jacques Derrida

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

— Albert Einstein

It has often been said, and certainly not without justification, that the man of science is a poor philosopher.

— Albert Einstein

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom.

— Max Born

A scientist is as weak and human as any man, but the pursuit of science may ennoble him even against his will.

— Isaac Asimov

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

— George Santayana

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

— Anton Chekhov

To understand a philosopher requires a philosopher.

— Horace Bushnell

I believe it to be of particular importance that the scientist have an articulate and adequate social philosophy, even more important than the average…

— Anonymous

Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until they know nothing about everything. Scientists are people who know more…

— Konrad Lorenz

One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just…

— Konrad Lorenz

It is the man of science, eager to have his every opinion regenerated, his every idea rationalized, by drinking at the fountain of fact,…

— Anonymous