Quotes about philosophical
philosophical wells fellows
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
philosophical thinking offering
The philosophical implication of race-thinking is that by offering us the mystery of heredity as an explanation, it diverts our attention from the social and intellectual factors that make up personality. Jacques Barzun
philosophical imagination age
Theories of genius are the peculiar constructions of our own philosophical times; ages of genius had passed away, and they left no other record than their works; no preconcerted theory described the workings of the imagination to be without imagination, nor did they venture to teach how to invent invention. Isaac Disraeli
philosophical reason divine
Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason. Immanuel Kant
philosophical construction reason
Philosophical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from concepts ; mathematical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from the construction of concepts.
philosophical race work-out
A philosophical attempt to work out a universal history according to a natural plan directed to achieving the civic union of the human race must be regarded as possible and, indeed, as contributing to this end of Nature.
philosophical animal men
cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a natural tendency that is very useful to morality in relation to other human beings is weakened.
philosophical hands scare
If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some readers will be scared off by dryness. But isn't it necessary to scare off some if in their case the matter would end up in bad hands?
philosophical purpose would-be
A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.
philosophical reality doe
But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.
philosophical men complaining
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
philosophical intuition blind
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
philosophical self color
The fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more bear reasoning upon than the relish of the palate or the choice of colors. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
philosophical feelings historical
The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised. Herbert Read
philosophical light silence
When silence confronts us, the question to which there is no answer rings out in the silence. That ultimate "why," that great "why" is like a light that blots out everything, but a blinding light; nothing more can be made out... Eugene Ionesco
philosophical conscious asks
It's when I am fully conscious that I ask questions.
philosophical understanding given
It's only when I say that everything is incomprehensible that I come as close as possible to understanding the only thing it is given to us to understand.
philosophical body movement
I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body : they transmit movement to it. Henri Bergson
philosophical mind tasks
The major task of the twentieth century will be to explore the unconscious, to investigate the subsoil of the mind.
philosophical mysticism
Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science
philosophical simple mind
I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment
philosophical giving movement
And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.
philosophical past reality
In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.
philosophical tools faculty
Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.
philosophical democracy motive
The motive power of democracy is love
philosophical race together
Are we not all shipwrecked,...condemned to death?... However impatient our neighbours make us, however much indignation our race arouses, we are all bound together, and the companions of a chain-gang have everything to lose by mutual insults... Henri Frederic Amiel
philosophical able phantoms
A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be.
philosophical men judging
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature. He judges more sanely, he sees things as they are. It is in this that his liberty consists - in the ability to see clearly and soberly, in the power of mental record.
philosophical hazards spirit
Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune. Francois Rabelais
philosophical mean fighting
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. Christopher Dawson
philosophical soul matter
Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their souls. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
philosophical criminal-mind spirituality
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. Friedrich Nietzsche
philosophical noble nobility
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.