Quotes about philosophical
philosophical men fire
A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches Jeff Lindsay
philosophical soul matter
Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their souls. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
philosophical criticism reason
On the road halfway between faith and criticism stands the inn of reason. Reason is faith in what can be understood without faith, but it's still a faith, since to understand presupposes that there's something understandable. Fernando Pessoa
philosophical views greek
The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried on unchanged by the French. It never had any philosophical view of a language as such. Ferdinand de Saussure
philosophical writing men
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. Francis Bacon
philosophical existence humans
We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence. Jean Toomer
philosophical mean important
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant. Grimes
philosophical eggs hens
The argument about zoning and the presidency of Nigeria is like the philosophical argument of the egg or the hen. Who is older through the evolutionary process, who came first? Goodluck Jonathan
philosophical moderation
There is moderation in everything. Horace
philosophical numbers goal
With regard to philosophical metaphysics, I always see increasing numbers who have attained to the negative goal, but as yet few who climb a few rungs backwards; one ought to look out, perhaps, over the last steps of the ladder, but not try to stand upon them. Friedrich Nietzsche
philosophical bears philosopher
Can an ass be tragic?--To perish under a burden that one can neither bear nor cast off? The case of the philosopher.
philosophical artist ideas
This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production of the philosopher, of the artist, and of the saint within us and outside us, and thereby to work at the consummation of nature.
philosophical philosopher language
The philosopher caught in the nets of language.
philosophical thoughtful thinking
What verse is for the poet, dialectical thinking is for the philosopher. He grasps for it in order to get hold of his own enchantment, in order to perpetuate it.
philosophical
To be is to be perceived George Berkeley
philosophical ideas long
So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken.
philosophical hero mean
I sing, not arms and the hero, but the philosophic man: he who seeks in contemplation to discover the inner will of the world, ininvention to discover the means of fulfilling that will, and in action to do that will by the so-discovered means. George Bernard Shaw
philosophical sleep men
Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers. Franz Kafka
philosophical paradox contradiction
There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore. Evan Parker
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 school thinking
What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology. Harold Bloom
philosophical loss iowa
Rick Perry was philosophical about (his election losses). He said, 'Last week was Iowa. Yesterday was New Hampshire. ' He said at least it's giving him a chance to learn the names of all the states. Jay Leno
philosophical struggle class
The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles. Karl Marx
philosophical health length-of-life
Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
philosophical world objects
For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
philosophical mad gone
While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.
philosophical europe haunting
A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.
philosophical men economic-inequality
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
philosophical historical politics
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
philosophical poverty rich
The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
philosophical men ideas
Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.