Phylosophy Quotes

• A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

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  Francis Bacon

  Atheist   Philosophy   Men  

  Essays "Of Atheism" (1625)

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• Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

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  John Churton Collins

  Philosophy   Philosopher   Truth Is  

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• My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.

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  Louisa May Alcott

  Philosophy   Men   Family And Friends  

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.216, e-artnow

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• Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.

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  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Philosophy   Reality   Theory  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein (2014). “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: German and English”, p.9, Routledge

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• Philosophy means liberation from the - routine, soaring above the well known, seeing it in new perspectives, arousing wonder and the wish to fly.

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  Walter Kaufmann

  Philosophy   Mean   Perspective  

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• The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means. It is only partly got from books; it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.

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  William James

  Philosophy   Book   Mean  

  Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking Lecture 1 (1907)

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• Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

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  William Shakespeare

  Sweet   Philosophy   Adversity  

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 3, sc. 3, l. 54

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• It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.

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  George Santayana

  Philosophy   Advantage   Phylosophy  

  The Unknowable (1923)

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• The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

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  William Osler

  Birthday   Truth   Philosophy  

  Sir William Osler, Mark E. Silverman, T. J. Murray, Charles S. Bryan, American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine (2003). “The Quotable Osler”, p.18, ACP Press

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• Scepticism is the first step toward truth.

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  Denis Diderot

  Philosophy   Science   Steps  

  "The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations". Book by Norbert Gutermam, 1963.

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• Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

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  Charles William Eliot

  Philosophy   Real   Men  

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