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philosophy feelings given
The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling. C. S. Lewis
philosophy mean doe
Nature does not teach. A true philosophy may sometimes validate an experience of nature; an experience of nature cannot validate a philosophy. Nature will not verify any theological or metaphysical proposition (or not in the manner we are now considering); she will help to show what it means.
philosophy kind learning-experience
What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.
philosophy views stones
I felt that my views and philosophies had been changed overnight. The philosophies that i had gladly carved in stone, recited and danced upon. Cecelia Ahern
philosophy reflection study
I am interested in study, reflection, philosophy - but always as a dilettante. I also consider myself a dilettante as a painter. Antoni Tapies
philosophy raw-materials technique
The philosophies that have been inspired by scientific technique are power philosophies, and tend to regard everything non-human as mere raw material. Ends are no longer considered; only the skillfulness of the process is valued. This also is a form of madness. It is, in our day, the most dangerous form, and the one against which a sane philosophy should provide an antidote Bertrand Russell
philosophy men common
Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'
philosophy taken common-sense
The doctrine (of) maintaining that the language of daily life, with words used in their ordinary meanings, suffices for philosophy . . . I find myself totally unable to accept . . . . Because it makes almost inevitable the perpetuation amongst philosophers of the muddle-headedness they have taken over from common sense.
philosophy greatness mind
Through the greatness of the universe, which philosophy contemplates, the mind also is rendered great, and becomes capable of that union with the universe which constitutes its highest good.
philosophical heaven religion
No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that 'In the beginning God made Heaven and Earth'.
philosophical dental-work endurance
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently William Shakespeare
philosophical forever lasts
Only the impossible lasts forever. Djuna Barnes
philosophical ideas welcome
I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome. David Mitchell
philosophical perspective humanity
There is today-in a time when old beliefs are withering-a kind of philosophical hunger, a need to know who we are and how we got here. It is an on-going search, often unconscious, for a cosmic perspective for humanity Carl Sagan
philosophical two mind
The greatest sci-fis, in my mind, are two things: They're what-ifs - what if this happened, and you get to see it - but they're also these philosophical cautionary tales. They deal with the underlying themes beneath the what-if. Bryce Dallas Howard
philosophical heart past
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach! Charles Dickens
philosophical heart men
I know nothing of philosophical philanthropy. But I know what I have seen, and what I have looked in the face in this world here, where I find myself. And I tell you this, my friend, that there are people (men and women both, unfortunately) who have no good in them-none. That there are people whom it is necessary to detest without compromise. That there are people who must be dealt with as enemies of the human race. That there are people who have no human heart, and who must be crushed like savage beasts and cleared out of the way.
philosophical imagination secret
Imagination is an almost divine faculty which, without recourse to any philosophical method, immediately perceives everything: the secret and intimate connections between things, correspondences and analogies. Charles Baudelaire
common-sense important logic
Inferences of Science and Common Sense differ from those of deductive logic and mathematics in a very important respect, namely, when the premises are true and the reasoning correct, the conclusion is only probable.
common-sense common englishmen
John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since!
common-sense brain important
Use your brains, your common sense, and do not become an object. The way you look is important, but who you are and how you project it is eventually who you will become and how you will appear. Diane von Furstenberg
common-sense common theory
Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense. David Deutsch
common-sense pieces furniture
Science is an excellent piece of furniture to have in the second story, providing that you have common sense on the ground floor. Alan Chadwick
common-sense use logic
There's only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that's common sense. Alan Cooper
common-sense people demand
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. Its not viewed as a serious continent. Its a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people dont do what common sense demands. Chinua Achebe
common-sense people cynical
The people people have for friends Your common sense appall But the people people marry Are the queerest folk of all. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
common-sense able bats
Part of [having uncommon sense] is being able to tune out folly, as opposed to recognizing wisdom. If you bat away many things, you don't clutter yourself. Charlie Munger