Quotes about phil
philosophy goal matter
In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way Havelock Ellis
philosophy two personality
Philosophy is a purely personal matter. A genuine philosopher's credo is the outcome of a single complex personality; it cannot be transferred. No two persons, if sincere, can have the same philosophy.
philosopher wilderness obliged
As a philosopher, I'm not obliged to explore every unknown wilderness. Harry Frankfurt
philosophy real men
The hermeneutic consciousness, which must be awakened and kept awake, recognized that in the age of science philosophy's claim of superiority has something chimerical and unreal about it. But though the will of man is more than ever intensifying its criticism of what has gone before to the point of becoming utopian or eschatological consciousness, the hermeneutic consciousness seeks to confront that will with something of the truth of remembrance: with what is still and ever again real. Hans-Georg Gadamer
philosophy believe years
There are only two possible explanations as to how life arose: Spontaneous generation arising to evolution or a supernatural creative act of God.... There is no other possibility. Spontaneous generation was scientifically disproved 120 years ago by Louis Pasteur and others, but that just leaves us with only one other possibility... that life came as a supernatural act of creation by God, but I can't accept that philosophy because I do not want to believe in God. Therefore I choose to believe in that which I know is scientifically impossible, spontaneous generation leading to evolution. George Wald
philosophy may force
Philosophy may describe unreasoning, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them. George Santayana
philosophy jealous want
Philosophers are as jealous as woman; each wants a monopoly of praise.
philosophy warrior doe
Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths.
philosophy college oxford
Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.
philosophy character men
The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.
philosophy simple facts
It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.
philosophy church three
There are three traps that strangle philosophy: The church, the marriage bed, and the professor's chair.
philosophy phylosophy advantage
It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.
philosophical mind unexpected
In unphilosophical minds any rare or unexpected thing excites wonder, while in philosophical minds the familiar excites wonder also.
philosophy men mind
The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them
philosophy philosophical expression
Nietzsche said that the earth has been a madhouse long enough. Without contradicting him we might perhaps soften the expression, and say that philosophy has been long enough an asylum for enthusiasts.
philosophy heart reality
You cannot prove realism to a complete sceptic or idealist; but you can show an honest man that he is not a complete sceptic or idealist, but a realist at heart. So long as he is alive his sincere philosophy must fulfil the assumptions of his life and not destroy him.
philosophy ideas detectives
Professional philosophers are usually only apologists: that is, they are absorbed in defending some vested illusion or some eloquent idea. Like lawyers or detectives, they study the case for which they are retained.
philosophy philosophical hobbies
Nietzsche was personally more philosophical than his philosophy. His talk about power, harshness, and superb immorality was the hobby of a harmless young scholar and constitutional invalid.
philosophy gun two
In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four. George Orwell
philosophy caring joy
Without despair, we will share, and the joys of caring will not be erased. What has been, must never end, the joys of caring will not be replace. George Michael
philosophy simplicity needs
Less is more. Simplicity is awesome. That's all you need in life. Its just my personal philosophy. G-Eazy
philosophy hands obscure
... Philosophy proper is a subject, on the one hand so hopelessly obscure, on the other so astonishingly elementary, that there knowledge hardly counts. G. H. Hardy
philosophy effort way
A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for and only acquired with much patience and great effort Fyodor Dostoevsky
philosophy bores-you bored
I do not wish you much happiness--it would bore you; I do not wish you trouble either; but, following the people's philosophy, I will simply repeat: 'Live more' and try somehow not to be too bored; this useless wish I am adding on my own.
philosophical criminal-mind spirituality
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. Friedrich Nietzsche
philosophical noble nobility
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.
philosophy tired past
When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.
philosophical law kind
I am a law only for my kind, I am no law for all.
philosophical fighting monsters
Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.
philosophy women humorous
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
philosophy philosophical goal
My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living inillusion as a goal!
philosophy world philosopher
How I understand the philosopher - as a terrible explosive, endangering everthing... my concept of the philosopher is worlds removed from any concept that would include even a Kant, not to speak of academic "ruminants" and other professors of philosophy...