Quotes about philosophic
philosophical silence denial
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either. Marcus Tullius Cicero
philosophical slavery
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
philosophical law customs
The best interpreter of the law is custom.
philosophical blessing growth
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
philosophical wish
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
philosophical planning careful
Before beginning, plan carefully.
philosophical innocence guilty
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
philosophical power republic
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
philosophical law abuse
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
philosophical passion class
There is a form of poetic and esthetic and moral genius necessary to make philosophical issues truly incandesce for students, and even though I indeed had some world-class professors myself when I went through the curriculum, I rarely saw such gnosic or concretist/poetic passion among them. I am not speaking of broad histrionics or melodramatic delivery, but rather a moral investment of concern, of loving delight and pathos in exposing one's consciousness to the full horrific and magnificent implications of the materials. Kenny Smith
philosophical years cautiousness
Cautiousness in judgment is nowadays to be recommended to each and every one: if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient. Georg C. Lichtenberg
philosophical light want
The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.
philosophical christianity pity
Christianity is called the religion of pity. Friedrich Nietzsche
philosophical gay sections
The Gay Science, section 108
philosophical men justice
For men are not equal: thus speaks justice.
philosophical antichrist sections
The Antichrist, Section 7
philosophical evil aphorism
Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153
philosophical mean past
Actual philosophers... are commanders and law-givers: they say "thus it shall be!", it is they who determine the Wherefore and Whither of mankind, and they possess for this task the preliminary work of all the philosophical laborers, of all those who have subdued the past - they reach for the future with creative hand, and everything that is or has been becomes for them a means, an instrument, a hammer.
philosophical men literature
The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. Gilbert K. Chesterton
philosophical agreement people
One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds. Frank Zappa
philosophical sight ideas
On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described in scientific terms. . . . On philosophical grounds too I cannot see any good reason for preferring the big bang idea. Indeed it seems to me in the philosophical sense to be a distinctly unsatisfactory notion, since it puts the basic assumption out of sight where it can never be challenged by a direct appeal to observation. Fred Hoyle
philosophical thinking essence
All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of. Oscar Wilde
philosophical disease remedy
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. Hippocrates
philosophical feelings historical
The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised. Herbert Read
philosophical light silence
When silence confronts us, the question to which there is no answer rings out in the silence. That ultimate "why," that great "why" is like a light that blots out everything, but a blinding light; nothing more can be made out... Eugene Ionesco
philosophical conscious asks
It's when I am fully conscious that I ask questions.
philosophical understanding given
It's only when I say that everything is incomprehensible that I come as close as possible to understanding the only thing it is given to us to understand.
philosophical body movement
I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body : they transmit movement to it. Henri Bergson
philosophical mind tasks
The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate the subsoil of the mind.
philosophical mysticism
Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science
philosophical simple mind
I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment
philosophical giving movement
And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.
philosophical past reality
In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.