Character Quote by Jacques Maritain Download Open image “The act of philosophizing involves the character of the philosopher.” — Jacques Maritain ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Philosopher Philosophy
And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
We tend to think of philosophies as produced by professional philosophers. Traditionally, this has meant people who have written dissertations on obscure subjects or… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Philosophizing is a process of making sense out of experience. — Susanne Katherina Langer Copy Share Image
Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
Philosophy is not a body of knowledge to impart to someone, that's why reading philosophy books isn't always the best way of learning philosophy.… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The philosopher is someone who doesn't know, but who wants to find out. — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
The Greek word for philosopher (philosophos) connotes a distinction from sophos. It signifies the lover of wisdom (knowledge) as distinguished from him who considers… — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
It has never been recommended to confuse "loving" with "seeking to please"... ...Salome pleased Herod's guests; I can hardly believe she was burning with… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The light of common sense is fundamentally the same light as that of science, that is to say, the natural light of the intellect.… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
That is why I think, in defiance of Plato, that there is at once error and vulgarity in saying that poetry is a lie,… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The first step to be taken by everyone who wishes to act morally is to decide not to act according to the general customs… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The only artist who does not deserve respect is the one who works to please the public, for commercial success or for official success. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
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