Nature Quote by William B. Irvine

“For Man to tell how human life began is hard; for who himself beginning knew?”

— John Milton

“Philosophy begins in wonder." -Plato”

— Plato

“Philosophy studies the fundamental nature of existence, of man, and of man’s relationship to existence.”

— Ayn Rand

“The ancient precept, “Know thyself,” and the modern precept, “Study nature,” become at last one maxim.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied.

— Aristotle

“I am the philosophy before any philosopher.”

— J. Limbu

“Wisdom may begin in wonder, however, it inevitability ends in righteousness (Socrates)." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]”

— R. Alan Woods

“Philosophy is a will to confront human artifice with its outside, with Nature.”

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Philosophy begins in wonder.

— Plato

Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion ..…

— Epictetus

“Isn't it distinctly to be seen in the development of each philosopher's theory, that he knows what is the chief significance of life beforehand,…

— Leo Tolstoy