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Philosopher Quotes

If a philosopher is not a man, he is anything but a philosopher; he is above all a pedant, and a pedant is a caricature of a man Picture Quote #1

The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected Picture Quote #1

There is no opinion so stupid that it can’t be expressed by some philosopher Picture Quote #1

Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised Picture Quote #1

I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it Picture Quote #1

And though the philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself throughout the whole society, and bestow a similar correctness on every art and calling Picture Quote #1

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The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge Picture Quote #1

The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom Picture Quote #1

There is no philosopher in the world so great but he believes a million things on the faith of other people and accepts a great many more truths than he demonstrates Picture Quote #1

A German philosopher once wrote that he who fights monsters must take care that he doesn’t become one himself Picture Quote #1

For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy Picture Quote #1

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it Picture Quote #1

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According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat Picture Quote #1

The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool Picture Quote #1

The teacher, like the artist and the philosopher, can perform his work adequately only if he feels himself to be an individual directed by an inner creative impulse, not dominated and fettered by an outside authority Picture Quote #1

It has often been said, and certainly not without justification, that the man of science is a poor philosopher Picture Quote #1

The philosopher says think your way out. The sensualist says play your way out but none of it works Picture Quote #1

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity Picture Quote #1

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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live Picture Quote #1

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side Picture Quote #1

A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner; nor with his fate if the corner granted him allows of his following his vocation without having to think about other people Picture Quote #1

Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life Picture Quote #1

So far there has been no philosopher in whose hands philosophy has not grown into an apology for knowledge; on this point, at least, every one is an optimist, that the greatest usefulness must be ascribed to knowledge. They are all tyrannized over by logic, and this is optimism in its essence Picture Quote #1

I do not think a philosopher who would apply himself so earnestly to the explaining the ultimate principles of the soul, would show himself a great master in the very science of human nature, which he pretends to explain, or very knowing in what is naturally satisfactory to the mind of man Picture Quote #1

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The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he built and which are then often used again for better building: in the fact, that is to say, that building can be destroyed and nonetheless possess value as material Picture Quote #1

What is a good definition? For the philosopher or the scientist, it is a definition which applies to all the objects to be defined, and applies only to them; it is that which satisfies the rules of logic. But in education it is not that; it is one that can be understood by the pupils Picture Quote #1

Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind Picture Quote #1

The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment Picture Quote #1

I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer Picture Quote #1

Put the world’s greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipice below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, his imagination will prevail Picture Quote #1

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If a philosopher is not a man, he is anything but a philosopher; he is above all a pedant, and a pedant is a caricature of a man (Philosopher Quotes) The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected (Philosopher Quotes) There is no opinion so stupid that it can’t be expressed by some philosopher (Philosopher Quotes) Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised (Philosopher Quotes) I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it (Philosopher Quotes) And though the philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself throughout the whole society, and bestow a similar correctness on every art and calling (Philosopher Quotes) The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge (Philosopher Quotes) The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom (Philosopher Quotes) There is no philosopher in the world so great but he believes a million things on the faith of other people and accepts a great many more truths than he demonstrates (Philosopher Quotes) A German philosopher once wrote that he who fights monsters must take care that he doesn’t become one himself (Philosopher Quotes) For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy (Philosopher Quotes) The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it (Philosopher Quotes) According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat (Philosopher Quotes) The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool (Philosopher Quotes) The teacher, like the artist and the philosopher, can perform his work adequately only if he feels himself to be an individual directed by an inner creative impulse, not dominated and fettered by an outside authority (Philosopher Quotes) It has often been said, and certainly not without justification, that the man of science is a poor philosopher (Philosopher Quotes) The philosopher says think your way out. The sensualist says play your way out but none of it works (Philosopher Quotes) The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity (Philosopher Quotes) The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live (Philosopher Quotes) There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side (Philosopher Quotes) A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner; nor with his fate if the corner granted him allows of his following his vocation without having to think about other people (Philosopher Quotes) Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life (Philosopher Quotes) So far there has been no philosopher in whose hands philosophy has not grown into an apology for knowledge; on this point, at least, every one is an optimist, that the greatest usefulness must be ascribed to knowledge. They are all tyrannized over by logic, and this is optimism in its essence (Philosopher Quotes) I do not think a philosopher who would apply himself so earnestly to the explaining the ultimate principles of the soul, would show himself a great master in the very science of human nature, which he pretends to explain, or very knowing in what is naturally satisfactory to the mind of man (Philosopher Quotes) The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he built and which are then often used again for better building: in the fact, that is to say, that building can be destroyed and nonetheless possess value as material (Philosopher Quotes) What is a good definition? For the philosopher or the scientist, it is a definition which applies to all the objects to be defined, and applies only to them; it is that which satisfies the rules of logic. But in education it is not that; it is one that can be understood by the pupils (Philosopher Quotes) Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either, if it does not expel the suffering of the mind (Philosopher Quotes) The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment (Philosopher Quotes) I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer (Philosopher Quotes) Put the world’s greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipice below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, his imagination will prevail (Philosopher Quotes)

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