Philosophy triumphs easily over past and over future evils, but present evils triumph over philosophy.
Philosophy - Philosophers Quotes
It appears to me that in Ethics, as in all other philosophical studies, the difficulties and disagreements, of which history is full, are mainly due to a very simple cause: namely to the attempt to answer questions, without first discovering precisely what question it is which you desire to answer.
You might claim – as most people do – that you have never been influenced by philosophy. I will ask you to check that claim. Have you ever thought or said the following? “Don’t be so sure – nobody can be certain of anything.” You got that notion from David Hume (and many, many others), […]
It not seldom happens that in the purposeless rovings and wanderings of the imagination we hunt down such game as can be put to use by our purposeful philosophy in its well-ordered household.
Philosophy is the stray camel of the faithful; take hold of it wherever ye come across it.
The men who are not interested in philosophy need it the most urgently; they are the most helplessly in its power.
I have a simple philosophy. Fill What’s empty. Empty what’s full. And scratch where it itches.
Philosophers try to solve the mysteries of the universe by their empty theories. Fools! They are like children who demand the moon for a toy. Christ never hesitates. He speaks with authority. His religion is a mystery, but it subsists by its own power. He seeks, and absolutely requires, the love of men, the most […]
A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
