Citizens Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

— Alfred North Whitehead

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

— Vikrant Parsai

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

I am not a philosopher.

— Hans Bethe

In fact, philosophy is universal in scope. No man can live without a world view; therefore, there is no man who is not a…

— Francis Schaeffer

To understand a philosopher requires a philosopher.

— Horace Bushnell

It's hard for me to imagine a philosopher disconnected from the world, indifferent to the cares of his country, unmoved by poverty, unemployment: I…

— Michel Onfray

A good philosopher is one who does not take ideas seriously.

— Edward Abbey

Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

— Karl Jaspers

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