Quotes about philosophic
philosophical unrest politics
Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble. Plato
philosophical ignorance evil
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all.
philosophical law understanding
No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
philosophical ignorant littles
The learning and knowledge that we have,is,at the most,but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
philosophical democracy arise
Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.
philosophical destiny men
Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.
philosophical good-things harm
There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
philosophical men may
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
philosophical wish littles
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
philosophical mimicking lows
Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.
philosophical men animal
Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.
philosophical animal tree
The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.
philosophical age action
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
philosophical greatest-victory shameful
To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
philosophical giving gold
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
philosophical ifs
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.
philosophical eye soul
The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.
philosophical leisure insight
For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
philosophical character play
The philosophical underpinnings of my approach to acting are that there are universal human qualities, and that every character is actually available within each one of us, that if we tap down into that universal humanness, we can find whatever character it is that we need to play already there within ourselves, and it's just a matter of peeling apart the onion that is you and finding that character within you, because of this universal human quality. Misha Collins
philosophical party mean
Being a philosophical naturalist does not mean that one thinks that science can provide all of the answers. That is scientism and that is wrong. I don't think a billion buckets of science could speak to the problems raised by the Tea Party. Being a philosophical naturalist does not mean that one thinks that the only truths are those of science. I think the claim just made in the last sentence is true but I don't think it is a claim of science. It means that you use science where you can and you respect and try to emulate its standards. Michael Ruse
philosophical upset doe
Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets. Mason Cooley
philosophical life-is unexamined-life
An unexamined life is a life of no account. Socrates
philosophical knows one-thing
I only know one thing, and that is I know nothing
philosophical envy neighbor
The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
philosophical tyranny short-lived
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
philosophical definitions term
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
philosophical artist feminist-art
The only thing I know is that I know nothing
philosophical rivers sea
See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.
philosophical might idle
They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
philosophical circles ran
Their lives ran in circles so small They thought they'd seen it all Michelle Shocked
philosophical proud christ
In the Bible, there is no mention of the Trinity. . . . We get to know God, not through our proud philosophical concepts, but through Christ. Michael Servetus
philosophical climbing hills
Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top. Margaret Thatcher
philosophical passion self
It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval. Mark Twain