Quotes about philosophy
philosophy mean use
Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
philosophy religion moral
Religion and morals are symmetrically opposed, just like poetry and philosophy.
philosophy order religion
You wanted to destroy philosophy and poetry in order to make room for religion and morality which you misunderstood: but you wereable to destroy only yourself.
philosophy moving philosophical
Philosophy still moves too much straight ahead, and is not yet cyclical enough.
philosophy home men
Philosophy is the true home of irony, which might be defined as logical beauty: for wherever men are philosophizing in spoken or written dialogues, and provided they are not entirely systematic, irony ought to be produced and postulated; even the Stoics regarded urbanity as a virtue.
philosophy writing common-sense
The few existing writings against Kantian philosophy are the most important documents in the case history of sound common sense.
philosophy aphorism form
Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.
philosophy philosophical roots
Genuine philosophical problems are always rooted outside philosophy and they die if these roots decay. Karl Popper
philosophy philosophical character
Philosophy is a necessary activity because we, all of us, take a great number of things for granted, and many of these assumptions are of a philosophical character; we act on them in private life, in politics, in our work, and in every other sphere of our lives -- but while some of these assumptions are no doubt true, it is likely, that more are false and some are harmful. So the critical examination of our presuppositions -- which is a philosophical activity -- is morally as well as intellectually important.
philosophy believe men
For myself, I am interested in science and in philosophy only because I want to learn something about the riddle of the world in which we live, and the riddle of man's knowledge of that world. And I believe that only a revival of interest in these riddles can save the sciences and philosophy from an obscurantist faith in the expert's special skill and in his personal knowledge and authority.
philosophy responsibility opportunity
Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying. In return, he owes it to his fellow men (or 'to society') to represent the results of his study as simply, clearly and modestly as he can. The worst thing that intellectuals can do - the cardinal sin - is to try to set themselves up as great prophets vis-à-vis their fellow men and to impress them with puzzling philosophies. Anyone who cannot speak simply and clearly should say nothing and continue to work until he can do so.
philosophy numbers gender-gap
It is somewhat perplexing that fellow Republicans would attack a popular conservative governor of a very conservative state whose overwhelming re-election proved a conservative philosophy can erase the gender gap and attract a record number of minority voters while remaining true to conservative principles. Karen Hughes
philosophy moving thinking
The minute hand moves faster than you think it does. John Mayer
philosophy book agreement
In my opinion it is a grand book ... Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement. ... What we need therefore, in my opinion, is not a change in our economic programmes, which would only lead in practice to disillusion with the results of your philosophy; but perhaps even the contrary, namely, an enlargement of them. Your greatest danger is the probable practical failure of the application of your philosophy in the United States. John Maynard Keynes
philosophy order entrepreneur
It is impossible that the intention of the entrepreneur who has borrowed in order to increase investment can become effective (except in substitution for investment by other entrepreneurs which would have occurred otherwise) at a faster rate than the public decide to increase their savings
philosophy mind stuff
I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them. John Lydon
philosophy law political
Laws provide, as much as ispossible that the goods and health of subjects be not injured by the fraud and violence of others. They do not guard them from thenegligence or ill-husbandry of the possessors themselves. John Locke
philosophy simple men
When I had gone through the whole, and saw what a plain, simple, reasonable thing Christianity was, suited to all conditions and capacities; and in the morality of it now, with divine authority, established into a legible law, so far surpassing all that philosophy and human reason had attained to, or could possibly make effectual to all degrees of man kind; I was flattered to think it might be of some use in the world.
philosophy optimistic people
When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence. John Lewis
philosophy night years
I thought I was going to die a few times. On the Freedom Ride in the year 1961, when I was beaten at the Greyhound bus station in Montgomery, I thought I was going to die. On March 7th, 1965, when I was hit in the head with a night stick by a State Trooper at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I thought I was going to die. I thought I saw death, but nothing can make me question the philosophy of nonviolence.
philosophy mind literature
The study of science, dissociated from that of philosophy and literature, narrows the mind and weakens the power to love and follow the noblest ideals: for the truths which science ignores and must ignore are precisely those which have the deepest bearing on life and conduct. John Lancaster Spalding
philosophy prejudice common
The common prejudice against philosophy is the result of the incapacity of the multitude to deal with the highest problems.
philosophy perfection excellence
My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence. John Kluge
philosophy real government
The real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands. John L. Lewis
philosophy simple worry
I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can. Jimmy Doolittle
philosophy blue jeans
We're just recycled history machines, cavemen in faded blue jeans. Jimmy Buffett
philosophy what-if underwear
What if life is just a cosmic joke, like spiders in your underwear.
philosophy gun water
I arm myself with punch lines and a big old water gun.
philosophy income determined
Income is primarily determined by your philosophy, not by the economy Jim Rohn
philosophy differences next
The thing that will make the biggest difference to your business, your bank account, your health and your relationships in the next 12 months is your philosophy
philosophy greatness novel
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
philosophy philosophical currents
It is our philosophical set of the sail that determines the course of our lives. To change our current Direction, we have to change our philosophy, not our circumstances.
philosophy errors want
If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy.