Quotes about philosophical
philosophical antichrist sections
The Antichrist, Section 7 Friedrich Nietzsche
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 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 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 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 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 views civilization
...What is at stake is civilization and humanity, nothing less. The idea that everything is permitted, as Nietzsche put it, rests on the premise of nihilism and has nihilistic implications. I will not pretend that the case against nihilism and for civilization is an easy one to make. We are here confronting the most fundamental of philosophical questions, on the deepest levels. In short, the matter of pornography and obscenity is not a trivial one, and only superficial minds can take a bland and untroubled view of it. Irving Kristol
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.