"And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order……" — Miguel de Unamuno
"And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and forget his griefs, or for pastime and amusement."
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Miguel de Unamuno
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89 Quotes by Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno has 89 quotes on this site.
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Man dies of cold, not of darkness.
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If a philosopher is not a man, he is anything but a philosopher; he is above all a pedant, and…
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Man habitually sacrifices his life to his purse, but he sacrifices his purse to his vanity.
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Spiritual Love is born of sorrow. . . . For men love one another with spiritual love only when they…
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The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness.
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Science is a cemetery of dead ideas, even though life may issue from them.
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To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.
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All knowledge has an ultimate goal. Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is, say what you will, nothing but a…
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Science says: 'We must live,' and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable…
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Science teaches us, in effect, to submit our reason to the truth and to know and judge of things as…
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While men believe themselves to be seeking truth for its own sake, they are in fact seeking life in truth.
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My religion is to seek for truth in life and for life in truth, even knowing that I shall not…
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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the…
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Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their…
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Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.
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Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.
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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
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I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I…
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While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept…
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I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they…
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Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the…
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Drawing ... is an innocent & engaging amusement, often useful, and a qualification not to be neglected in one who…
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I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind,…
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