Civilization Quote by William Barrett

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

The philosopher is not a citizen of any community of ideas, that is what makes him a philosopher.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect.

— Gilles Deleuze

A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.

— V. S. Naipaul

The world is solely occupied by a questioner and a philosopher.

— Kedar Joshi

Philosophical self-examination is not a reliable source of happiness.

— Senoraroy

No philosopher understands his predecessors until he has re-thought their thought in his own contemporary terms.

— Anonymous

He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.

— Publilius Syrus

“Historically, philosophy does not have an impressive track record of answering questions about natural world in a decisive manner.”

— Christof Koch

In fact, philosophy is universal in scope. No man can live without a world view; therefore, there is no man who is not a…

— Francis Schaeffer

He who has attained intellectual emancipation to any extent cannot, for a long time, regard himself otherwise than as a wanderer on the face…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The grandeur of a philosophy does not certify its truth.

— Mason Cooley