Philosophy Quote by Schopenhauer Arthur

“Taking a preponderance of courses capped at fifteen or so undergraduates is important. Studying with faculty who are well treated by the institution and…

— Berlinerblau

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.

— Anonymous

“A university training is the great ordinary means to a great but ordinary end; it aims at raising the intellectual tone of society…It is…

— Cardinal Newman

I'm not an academic philosopher, and don't agree with the way the universities approach the subject. I'm a philosopher only in the very loose…

— Alain de Botton

“What we have witnessed in our own time is the death of universities as centres of critique. Since Margaret Thatcher, the role of academia…

— Terry Eagleton

“examination of its own history and of the forms of thought given the name “philosophy” indicates that “philosophy” has itself borne many fundamentally different…

— Gregory B. Sadler

“Philosophy is the microscope of the thought.”

— Victor Hugo

Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women of action…

— Ryan Holiday

“The function of the university is not simply to teach breadwinning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools, or to be a centre…

— Anonymous

I think that when people are at their best, when they are thinking, reflecting, cogitating, then they are doing philosophy. So I don't see…

— Simon Critchley

“We dont study philosophy, we rather do it.”

— William Lawhead

There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers

— Henry David Thoreau