Quotes about philosophic
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 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 men discarded
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. Arthur Schopenhauer
philosophical boredom sides
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.
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 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 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 treatment trifles
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
philosophical greatness men
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
philosophical liberty libertarian
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.
philosophical thinking martial-arts
If you think a thing is impossible,you'll only make it impossible. Bruce Lee
philosophical self execution
The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.
philosophical youth young
it is harder to be philosophical when you are young. Eleanor Roosevelt
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. Aristotle
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.
philosophical men repentance
Bad men are full of repentance.
philosophical class perfect
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
philosophical mean character
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
philosophical law written
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
philosophical history poetry
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
philosophical cities city-life
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
philosophical people liberty
If you defend a behavior by arguing that people are programmed directly for it, then how do you continue to defend it if your speculation is wrong, for the behavior then becomes unnatural and worthy of condemnation. Better to stick resolutely to a philosophical position on human liberty: what free adults do with each other in their own private lives is their business alone. It need not be vindicated and must not be condemned by genetic speculation. Stephen Jay Gould
philosophical thought-provoking size
If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion. Douglas Adams
philosophical speaks-out wind
One good reason for the popularity of "reductionism" among the philosophical outposts of the Western Establishment is that it can be, and is, used as a device for trying to take the wind, so to speak, out of the sails of Marxism. . . . In essence reductionism is a kind of anti-Marxist caricature of Marxist determinism. It is what anti-Marxists pretend that Marxist determinism is. Claud Cockburn
philosophical civilization space
Freedom is neither a legal invention nor a philosophical conquest, the cherished possession of civilizations more valid than others because they alone have been able to create or preserve it. It is the outcome of an objective relationship between the individual and the space he occupies, between the consumer and the resources at his disposal. Claude Levi-Strauss
philosophical home europe
Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.
philosophical public-opinion doe
No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained. Abraham Lincoln