Philosopher Quote by Rene Descartes

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

— Oliver Goldsmith

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

— Rene Descartes

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and…

— George Berkeley

If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and…

— George Berkeley

“I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been…

— René Descartes

It is we who are the measure of what is strange and miraculous: if we sought a universal measure the strange and miraculous would…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“This seems plainly absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. One”

— Bertrand Russell