Quotes about philosophical
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 hazards spirit
Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune. Francois Rabelais
philosophical mean fighting
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. Christopher Dawson
philosophical mind unexpected
In unphilosophical minds any rare or unexpected thing excites wonder, while in philosophical minds the familiar excites wonder also. George Santayana
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 paradise lost
The true paradises are the paradises that we have lost. Marcel Proust
philosophical passion men
A man governs himself by the dictates of virtue and good sense, who acts without zeal or passion in points that are of no consequence; but when the whole community is shaken, and the safety of the public endangered, the appearance of a philosophical or an affected indolence must arise either from stupidity or perfidiousness. Joseph Addison
philosophical men landscape
The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploration. Jose Ortega y Gasset
philosophical air water
The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth , air , and [[water. Novalis
philosophical love-is rivals
Losing love is so rich a philosophical ordeal that it makes a hairdresser into a rival of Socrates. Emile M. Cioran
philosophical writing men
When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.' Epictetus
philosophical laughing
Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.
philosophical reality justice
Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed. Epicurus
philosophical men justice
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
philosophical crowds mass
The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
philosophical loss envy
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.
philosophical hard-times skills
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
philosophical passion thee
Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
philosophical religion treasure
Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
philosophical evil religion
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
philosophical eyeglasses drunk
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
philosophical practice discipline
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
philosophical libertarian moderation
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
philosophical difficulty shows
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
philosophical anchors childhood
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
philosophical writing wish
If you wish to be a writer, write.