Quotes about phil
philosophy sin athenians
I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy, Aristotle
philosophical order inquiring
for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use
philosophical highest
Happiness is the highest good
philosophy mean men
Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of merely intellectual interest — I mean we are not concerned to know what goodness essentially is, but how we are to become good men, for this alone gives the study its practical value — we must apply our minds to the solution of the problems of conduct.
philosophy sick people
Philosophy can make people sick.
philosophical mean pleasure
Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
philosophical men uprising
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
philosophical humor secret-love
The secret to humor is surprise.
philosophical ignorance knowledge
For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize.... And a man who is puzzled and wonders thinks himself ignorant ...; therefore since they philosophized in order to escape from ignorance, evidently they were pursuing science in order to know, and not for any utilitarian end.
philosophical taken eye
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
philosophical age ornaments
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
philosophical possibility mathematical
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
philosophical constitution states
A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.
philosophical men repentance
Bad men are full of repentance.
philosophical class perfect
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
philosophy wonder
Philosophy begins with wonder.
philosophical mean character
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
philosophical passion law
The law is reason, free from passion.
philosophical insanity soul
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
philosophical law written
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
philosophical history poetry
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
philosophy science
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
philosophical doe vain
Nature does nothing in vain.
philosophical cities city-life
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
philosophical soul-and-body figures
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
philosophical tyrants people
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
philosophical equality egalitarianism
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
philosophy men animal
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
philosophical historical society
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
philosophy fire causes
If you don't like my fire, then don't come around. Cause I'm gonna burn one down. Ben Harper
philosophy light shining
A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
philosophy home power
When lions paint pictures men will not always be represented as conquerors. When women translate laws, constitutions, bibles and philosophies, man will not always be the declared heard of the church, the state, and the home. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
philosophy yoga discipline
Yoga began as a philosophy rather than as a physical discipline. Deepak Chopra