Quotes about philosophical
philosophical men honor
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. Niccolo Machiavelli
philosophical challenging-the-status-quo want
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
philosophical art-of-war keeping-promises
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
philosophical literature deceit
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
philosophical umpires literature
We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
philosophical son men
One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work for their good they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons when danger is far away; but when it comes nearer to you, they turn away.
philosophical opportunity tardiness
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
philosophical government people
The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of the hemisphere despite the philosophical disagreements it may have with the nature of particular regimes. It must seek pragmatic ways to help people without necessarily embracing their governments. It should recognize that diplomatic relations are merely practical conveniences and not measures of moral judgment. Nelson Rockefeller
philosophical issues fundamentals
The only debatable issue, it seems to me, is whether it is more ridiculous to turn to experts in social theory for general well-confirmed propositions, or to the specialists in the great religions and philosophical systems for insights into fundamental human values. Noam Chomsky
philosophical happy-life thinking
Black is the absence of all color. White is the presence of all colors. I suppose life must be one or the other. On the whole, though, I think I would prefer color to its absence. But then black does add depth and texture to color. Perhaps certain shades of gray are necessary to a complete palette. Even unrelieved black. Ah, a deep philosophical question. Is black necessary to life, even a happy life? Could we ever be happy if we did not at least occasionally experience misery?
philosophical four
True time is four-dimensional. Martin Heidegger
philosophical animal body
The human body is essentially something other than an animal organism.
philosophical
We do not say: Being is, time is, but rather: there is Being and there is time.
philosophical higher
The possible ranks higher than the actual.
philosophical transcendence
Transcendence constitutes selfhood.
philosophical shepherds lord
The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.
philosophical thinking thought-provoking
The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
philosophical air nuclear
We're cognizant, curious beings, capable of philosophical thought, nuclear physics, repeating Nerf weapons, global consciousness, Glade air fresheners, and sentient automobiles. But we're assholes first. Nick Offerman
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 men words-of-wisdom
Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad. Michel de Montaigne
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 men land
In every age and every generation, men have envisioned a promised land. Some may have envisioned it with the wrong ideology, with the wrong philosophical presupposition. But men in every generation thought in terms of some promised land. Martin Luther King, Jr.
philosophical men greek
Man is the measure of all things. Protagoras
philosophical book writing
I think the book you always like best is the one you're about to write. Margaret Atwood
philosophical giving desire
The desire to be loved is the last illusion. Give it up and you will be free.
philosophical annihilation
Nature abhors annihilation. Marcus Tullius Cicero
philosophical might
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
philosophical writing ifs
Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.
philosophical men debt
It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.
philosophical fluency admiration
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
philosophical conceit frivolity
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
philosophical tears misfortunes-of-others
For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
philosophical pleasure disgusting
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.