Philosopher Quotes
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Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.
Bill Lovejoy
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you`ll be happy; if not, you`ll become a philosopher.
Socrates
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There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
Cicero
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This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
Bertrand Russell
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The man of science is a poor philosopher.
Albert Einstein
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I don`t know what I`ll do. I always thought it might be neat to be a philosopher... [about what he`ll do in the future; 1991]
Charlie Korsmo
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I can read...except for a very big word we sometimes have. Like the word philosopher. Do you know what a philosopher is? Well...it`s a man that thinks a lot, but doesn`t do anything much about it.
Anissa Jones
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I can read...except for a very big word we sometimes have. Like the word philosopher. Do you know what a philosopher is? Well...it`s a man that thinks a lot, but doesn`t do anything much about it.
Anissa Jones
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Well, I don`t know if I can comment on Kant or Hegel because I`m no real philosopher in the sense of knowing what these people have said in any detail so let me not comment on that too much.
Andre Dreicon
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Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.
Alex Garwood
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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
Allen Hirsch
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There is nothing so ridiculous but some philosopher has said it.
Alvina Tan
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There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
Alvina Tan
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There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
Alvina Tan
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There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.
Alan Curry
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The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke`s philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.
Robert Trout
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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.
Alan Oster
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The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind.
Alejandro Moreno
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Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.
Allen Hirsch
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One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.
Alex Garwood
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One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.
Alex Garwood
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn`t hurt anybody`s feelings?
Alan Vituli
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Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.
Lion Feuchtwanger
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It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of this earth.
Alex Sink
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I am not a philosopher who is trying to make a system of thought. I am a mystic who is trying to convey the mysteries that have become available to me. I will confuse you.
Anne Javouhey
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For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.
Giacomo Casanova
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Epictetus was a peasant child born about 50 A.D. who grew up to be a well-known Stoic philosopher, ... In modern buzz-word speak, he was the inventor of `What people think of me is none of my business.` So I got really hooked on him.
Rodney Crowell
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that`s what Washington was.
Albert Arena
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Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosophe...
Alexei Makarkin
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