Ancient Quote by Pierre Hadot

Philosophy is the art of living.

— Plutarch

“study of human nature was in a sorry state. While he had reservations about the ancient philosophers for depending ‘more on Invention than Experience’,…

— David Hume

“The outstanding characteristic of Western scholarship is its specialization and cutting up of knowledge into different departments. The over-development of logical thinking and specialization,…

— Lin Yutang

One could say that what differentiates ancient from modern philosophy is the fact that, in ancient philosophy, it was not only Chrysippus or Epicurus…

— Pierre Hadot

Philosophy is an act of living.

— Plutarch

“Wrangling about precisely what constitutes genuine philosophy, proper philosophical practice, method, and aims is an important part of modern philosophy’s content and heritage”

— Gregory B. Sadler

The human mind is constructed to always move forward Hanging on to the philosophy of ancient people is a great stumbling block to the…

— Ritu Ghatourey

Philosophy - reduced, as we have seen, to philosophical discourse - develops from this point on in a different atmosphere and environment from that…

— Pierre Hadot

Philosophy... is the creative perception by the spirit of the meaning of human existence.

— Nikolai Berdyaev

“Modern formulations are necessary even in defense of very ancient truths. Not because of any alleged anachronism in the old ideas – the Beatitudes…

— William F. Buckley Jr

“Philosophy in its old form could exist only in the absence of engineering, but with engineering in existence and daily more active and far…

— Alfred Korzybski

I'm actually with the classics in general in terms of understanding truth in an existential mode. Therefore, philosophy becomes more a way of life…

— Cornel West