Quotes about philosophical
philosophical fool deals
If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly. Jeffrey Archer
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 people political
It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it? Hubert H. Humphrey
philosophical men political
Isn't it really quite extraordinary to see that, since man took his first step, no one has asked himself why he walks, how he walks, if he has ever walked, if he could walk better, what he achieves in walking .. questions that are tied to all the philosophical, psychological, and political systems which preoccupy the world. Honore de Balzac
philosophical imagination age
Theories of genius are the peculiar constructions of our own philosophical times; ages of genius had passed away, and they left no other record than their works; no preconcerted theory described the workings of the imagination to be without imagination, nor did they venture to teach how to invent invention. Isaac Disraeli
philosophical reason divine
Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason. Immanuel Kant
philosophical construction reason
Philosophical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from concepts ; mathematical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from the construction of concepts.
philosophical race work-out
A philosophical attempt to work out a universal history according to a natural plan directed to achieving the civic union of the human race must be regarded as possible and, indeed, as contributing to this end of Nature.
philosophical animal men
cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a natural tendency that is very useful to morality in relation to other human beings is weakened.
philosophical hands scare
If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some readers will be scared off by dryness. But isn't it necessary to scare off some if in their case the matter would end up in bad hands?
philosophical purpose would-be
A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.
philosophical reality doe
But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.
philosophical men complaining
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
philosophical intuition blind
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
philosophical self color
The fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more bear reasoning upon than the relish of the palate or the choice of colors. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
philosophical flow
Everything flows and nothing stays. Homer
philosophical moderation
There is moderation in everything. Horace
philosophical simple substance
But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only. Gottfried Leibniz
philosophical two facts
There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact.
philosophical thinking offering
The philosophical implication of race-thinking is that by offering us the mystery of heredity as an explanation, it diverts our attention from the social and intellectual factors that make up personality. Jacques Barzun
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.
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.
philosophical stupidity forget-the-past
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
philosophical existential founders
Philosophical systems are wholly true for their founders only.
philosophical buddhism long
Buddhism is a hundred times as realistic as Christianity it is part of its living heritage that it is able to face problems objectively and coolly; it is the product of long centuries of philosophical speculation.
philosophical desire one-love
Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired.
philosophical men animal
Man is the cruelest animal.
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 murder abstract
I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens. Jean-Paul Sartre
philosophical essence existence
Existence precedes and rules essence.
philosophical men resources
Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?