Quotes about philosophy
philosophy political world
Political philosophy is realistically utopian when it extends what are ordinarily thought to be the limits of practicable political possibility and, in so doing, reconciles us to our political and social condition. Our hope for the future of our society rests on the belief that the social world allows a reasonably just Society of Peoples. John Rawls
philosophy philosophical men
Who depends on another man's table often dines late. John Ray
philosophy color medicine
Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color. James J. Gibson
philosophy people may
Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.
philosophy religion atheism
There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being. James Joyce
philosophy mind age
Every age must look for its sanction to its poetry and philosophy, for in these the human mind, as it looks backward or forward, attains to an eternal state.
philosophy real philosophical
I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be. It's wrong to say "everybody," but in literature I see it all the time - preoccupation with it, philosophical preoccupation, in fact. That's a principle element of literature and philosophy, often cited as the main element, the only real element. I say give it up. James Salter
philosophy real moving
When I teach a new group of students, I introduce some yoga philosophy, but I don't overload them with information. Just enough so they understand the real tradition behind this ancient practice and that it's not a stretching class. Guys come in and they're a little nervous. I tell them that when they cross the threshold of the door, they're crossing to a different dimension. They're moving from an externally-oriented reality to an internally-oriented one. James Fox
philosophy philosopher fine
Philosophy has a fine saying for everything.-For Death it has an entire set. Laurence Sterne
philosophy world may
Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion. Liberty Hyde Bailey
philosophy guiding-principles often-is
The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do so effectively only if he is not concerned with what is now politically possible but consistently defends the "general principles which are always the same." In this sense I doubt whether there can be such a thing as a conservative political philosophy. Conservatism may often be a useful practical maxim, but it does not give us any guiding principles which can influence long-range developments. Friedrich August von Hayek
philosophy psychology prejudice
If I am not mistaken, psychology, psychiatry and some branches of sociology, not to speak about the so-called philosophy of history, are even more affected by what I have called the scientistic prejudice, and by specious claims of what science can achieve.
philosophy medicine three
Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action. Friedrich Schiller
philosophy teaching men
The energy available for each individual man is his income, and the philosophy which can teach him to be content with penury should be capable of teaching him also the uses of wealth. Frederick Soddy
philosophy ideas people
Frankly, I do not like the idea of conversations to define the term "unconditional surrender."The German people can have dinned into their ears what I said in my Christmas Eve speech--in effect, that we have no thought of destroying the German people and that we want them to live through the generations like other European peoples on condition, of course, that they get rid of their present philosophy of conquest. Franklin D. Roosevelt
philosophy philosophical profound
The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious. George Gaylord Simpson
philosophy writing rocks
Everyone eventually winds up writing about themselves - the problem is finding the best way to go about it. To write about oneself literally, in the first person, presumes a more interesting personal life and philosophy than most rock lyricists possess. John Lennon was good for one great album based on musical direct address, 'Plastic Ono Band. Jon Landau
philosophy eye thinking
When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Ludwig van Beethoven
philosophy difficulty knows
The difficulty in philosophy is to say no more than we know. Ludwig Wittgenstein
philosophy logical clarification
The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thought.
philosophy philosopher consciousness
The philosopher strives to find the liberating word, that is, the word that finally permits us to grasp what up to now has intangibly weighed down upon our consciousness.
philosophy theory activity
Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.
philosophy book blue
Russell's books should be bound in two colours, those dealing with mathematical logic in red - and all students of philosophy should read them; those dealing with ethics and politics in blue - and no one should be allowed to read them.
philosophy glasses firsts
I'm doing philosophy like an old woman, first I'm looking for my pencil, then I'm looking for my glasses, then I'm looking for my pencil again.
philosophy philosophical bottles
What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.
philosophy want sound
Sometimes, in doing philosophy, one just wants to utter an inarticulate sound.
philosophy irritation long
Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some progress? Isn't genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching itching? And can't this reaction to an irritation continue in the same way for a long time before a cure for the itching is discovered?
philosophy skills philosopher
It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.
philosophy doors trying
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.
philosophy tasks analysis
The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language.
philosophy philosophical body
Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations.
philosophy use may
Philosophy may in no way interfere with the actual use of language; it can in the end only describe it.
philosophy common-sense three
Philosophy can be said to consist of three activities: to see the commonsense answer, to get yourself so deeply into the problem that the common sense answer is unbearable, and to get from that situation back to the commonsense answer.