To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both – a philosopher.
Philosophy - Philosophers Quotes
Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.
George’s son had done his work so thoroughly that he was considered too good a workman to live, and was, in fact, taken and tragically shot at twelve o’clock that same day – another instance of the untoward fate which so often attends dogs and other philosophers who follow out a train of reasoning to […]
David Hume ate a swinging great dinner, And grew every day fatter and fatter; And yet the huge bulk of a sinner Said there was neither spirit or matter.
You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but I don’t know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.
Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.
Oh, ye infidel philosophers, teach me how to find joy in sorrow, strength in weakness, and light in darkest days; how to bear buffeting and scorn; how to welcome death, and to pass through it into the sphere of life, and this not for me only, but for the whole world that groans and travails […]
When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don’t have in my mouth.
No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his “philosophy of life” until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.
