Quotes about philosophical
philosophical forever lasts
Only the impossible lasts forever. Djuna Barnes
philosophical animal needs
We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also. Albert Schweitzer
philosophical eye doe
You swore you'd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realise He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say, do you want to make a deal How does it feel Bob Dylan
philosophical matter spirit
The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god. Brendan Myers
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 brave
The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures Democritus
philosophical objectivity doe
The philosopher forms his principles on an infinity of particular observations...He does not confuse truth with plausibility...he takes for truth what is true, for false what is false, for doubtful what is doubtful, and probable what is probable...The philosophical spirit is thus a spirit of observation and accuracy. Denis Diderot
philosophical ends get-away
For only when I err do I get away from what I know and what I understand. If "truth" were what I can understand, it would end up being but a small truth, my-sized. Truth must reside precisely in what I shall never understand. Clarice Lispector
philosophical height matter
You know you've completely descended into madness when the matter of shampoo has ascended to philosophical heights. Elizabeth Wurtzel
philosophical wine world
Creeds and causal systems have argued with each other for millennia, and even so we and our ancestors have managed to live in a world of differing opinions. Philosophical disputes don't often affect the price of fish or wine. Elizabeth Janeway
philosophical despair may
Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair. Elias Canetti
philosophical terrorism social
Given the credible estimate that we've spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security Bruce Schneier
philosophical firsts virtue
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. Baruch Spinoza
philosophical virtue reason
True virtue is life under the direction of reason.
philosophical self ideas
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
philosophical taken wish
None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
philosophical guidance reason
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
philosophical pride men
Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
philosophical causes pantheism
God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.
philosophical passion emotion
I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature
philosophical pantheism without-god
Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.
philosophical ambition desire
Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
philosophical men evil
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
philosophical learning past
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
philosophical historical serious
For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history. Aristotle
philosophical men political
A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic.
philosophical order inquiring
for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use
philosophical highest
Happiness is the highest good
philosophical mean pleasure
Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
philosophical men uprising
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
philosophical humor secret-love
The secret to humor is surprise.