Quotes about philosophical
philosophical law opinion
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. Arthur Schopenhauer
philosophical mean men
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is.
philosophical boredom sides
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.
philosophical hands newspapers
Newspapers are the second hand of history.
philosophical character men
The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves itto the beholder to let these images take his thoughts as far as his mental powers will permit. This is why he is able to engage men of the most differing capabilities, indeed fools and sages together. The philosopher, on the other hand, presents not life itself but the finished thoughts which he has abstracted from it and then demands that the reader should think precisely as, and precisely as far as, he himself thinks. That is why his public is so small.
philosophical ignorance science
Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.
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 first-impression faces
It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.
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 fate hands
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
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 not-giving-up never-giving-up
The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.
philosophical treatment trifles
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
philosophical science data
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
philosophical greatness men
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
philosophical men desire
The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
philosophical liberty libertarian
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.
philosophical dying life-is
Life is a constant process of dying.
philosophical men intelligent
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
philosophical denial deny
Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves. Antonio Machado
philosophical found seeking
Would there be this eternal seeking if the found existed? Antonio Porchia
philosophical
You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you.
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 self differences
Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image
philosophical race class
It is not races but individuals that are noble and courageous or ignoble and craven or considerate or persistent or philosophical or reasonable. The race gets credit when the percentage of noble individuals is high. Edwin Way Teale
philosophical men opposites
Capitalism and altruism are incompatible; they are philosophical opposites; they cannot co-exist in the same man or in the same society. Ayn Rand
philosophical science engineering
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. Bertrand Russell
philosophical animal men
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
philosophical ideas political
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles. Benjamin Disraeli
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