Quotes about phil
philosopher beacons clear
A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me. Jacques Maritain
philosophy silence doubt
The sole philosophy open to those who doubt the possibility of truth is absolute silence -- even mental.
philosophy teaching men
The energy available for each individual man is his income, and the philosophy which can teach him to be content with penury should be capable of teaching him also the uses of wealth. Frederick Soddy
philosophy ideas people
Frankly, I do not like the idea of conversations to define the term "unconditional surrender."The German people can have dinned into their ears what I said in my Christmas Eve speech--in effect, that we have no thought of destroying the German people and that we want them to live through the generations like other European peoples on condition, of course, that they get rid of their present philosophy of conquest. Franklin D. Roosevelt
philosophy philosophical profound
The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious. George Gaylord Simpson
philosophy writing rocks
Everyone eventually winds up writing about themselves - the problem is finding the best way to go about it. To write about oneself literally, in the first person, presumes a more interesting personal life and philosophy than most rock lyricists possess. John Lennon was good for one great album based on musical direct address, 'Plastic Ono Band. Jon Landau
philosophy eye thinking
When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Ludwig van Beethoven
philosophy difficulty knows
The difficulty in philosophy is to say no more than we know. Ludwig Wittgenstein
philosophy logical clarification
The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thought.
philosophical different philosopher
There is not a philosophical method, though there are indeed methods, like different therapies.
philosophy philosopher consciousness
The philosopher strives to find the liberating word, that is, the word that finally permits us to grasp what up to now has intangibly weighed down upon our consciousness.
philosophy theory activity
Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.
philosophical thinking disease
A main cause of philosophical disease-an unbalanced diet: one nourishes one's thinking with only one kind of example.
philosophy book blue
Russell's books should be bound in two colours, those dealing with mathematical logic in red - and all students of philosophy should read them; those dealing with ethics and politics in blue - and no one should be allowed to read them.
philosophical ladders world
My propositions serve as elucidations in the following way: anyone who understands me eventually recognizes them as nonsensical, when he has used them--as steps--to climb up beyond them. (He must, so to speak, throw away the ladder after he has climbed up it.) He must transcend these propositions, and then he will see the whole world aright.
philosophy glasses firsts
I'm doing philosophy like an old woman, first I'm looking for my pencil, then I'm looking for my glasses, then I'm looking for my pencil again.
philosophical giving logic
It is possible--indeed possible even according to the old conception of logic--to give in advance a description of all 'true' logical propositions. Hence there can never be surprises in logic.
philosophical reap remarks
There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap.
philosophical common-sense temptation
One can defend common sense against the attacks of philosophers only by solving their puzzles, i.e., by curing them of the temptation to attack common sense....
philosophical said
What can be shown, cannot be said.
philosophy philosophical bottles
What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.
philosophical independent world
The world is independent of my will.
philosophical contradiction tautology
Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing.
philosophical sleep science
Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again.
philosophy want sound
Sometimes, in doing philosophy, one just wants to utter an inarticulate sound.
philosophy irritation long
Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some progress? Isn't genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching itching? And can't this reaction to an irritation continue in the same way for a long time before a cure for the itching is discovered?
philosophical tree tragedy
You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
philosophical air discussion
A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.
philosophical math reality
Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
philosophy skills philosopher
It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.
philosophical math mountain
With my full philosophical rucksack I can only climb slowly up the mountain of mathematics.
philosophy doors trying
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.
philosophical mean sun
It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise.