Quotes about philosophical
philosophical light seeking
Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile William Shakespeare
philosophical
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
philosophical character ideas
Science asks no questions about the ontological pedigree or a priori character of a theory, but is content to judge it by its performance; and it is thus that a knowledge of nature, having all the certainty which the senses are competent to inspire, has been attained--a knowledge which maintains a strict neutrality toward all philosophical systems and concerns itself not with the genesis or a priori grounds of ideas.
philosophical men opposites
Capitalism and altruism are incompatible; they are philosophical opposites; they cannot co-exist in the same man or in the same society. Ayn Rand
philosophical science engineering
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. Bertrand Russell
philosophical animal men
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
philosophical ideas political
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles. Benjamin Disraeli
philosophical practice special
Earlier in this century, the Heisenberg Principle established that the very act of observing a natural phenomenon can change what is being observed. Although the initial theory was limited in practice to special cases in subatomic physics, the philosophical implications were and are staggering. Al Gore
philosophical persons knows
I know that I'm deeply, spiritually, profoundly philosophical and I also know that I'm about the flakiest person you're gonna meet. Alanis Morissette
philosophical men taught
No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth Blaise Pascal
philosophical writing heart
Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even philosophers wish for them. Those who write against vanity want to have the glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the glory of having read it. I who write this have perhaps this desire, and perhaps those who will read it.
philosophical men discarded
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. Arthur Schopenhauer
philosophical law opinion
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.
philosophical mean men
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is.
philosophical boredom sides
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.
philosophical hands newspapers
Newspapers are the second hand of history.
philosophical character men
The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves itto the beholder to let these images take his thoughts as far as his mental powers will permit. This is why he is able to engage men of the most differing capabilities, indeed fools and sages together. The philosopher, on the other hand, presents not life itself but the finished thoughts which he has abstracted from it and then demands that the reader should think precisely as, and precisely as far as, he himself thinks. That is why his public is so small.
philosophical ignorance science
Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.
philosophical adversity doubt
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.
philosophical first-impression faces
It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.
philosophical pessimism stubbornness
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
philosophical men lasts
The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.
philosophical willpower minus
Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.
philosophical fate hands
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
philosophical pages hegel
In every page of David Hume, there is more to be learned than from Hegel's, Herbart's and Schleiermacher's complete philosophical works.
philosophical not-giving-up never-giving-up
The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.
philosophical treatment trifles
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
philosophical science data
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
philosophical greatness men
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
philosophical men desire
The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
philosophical liberty libertarian
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.
philosophical dying life-is
Life is a constant process of dying.
philosophical men intelligent
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.