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Philosophy28 quotes
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. — Socrates · 400 BCThe unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BCWhat indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. — Albert Camus · 1942What is your aim in philosophy?-To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. — Ludwig Wittgenstein · 1953Philosophy stands in the same relation to the study of the actual world as masturbation to sexual love. — Karl Marx · 1883All 28 quotes →Philosophers4 quotes
Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers. — John Churton Collins · 1900Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? "What sinews are those?"-A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolution; unerring decisions. — Epictetus · 108No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to county, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is only a vagabond. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1761Curiosity2 quotes
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. — Socrates · 400 BCWonder... And not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature. — Adam Smith · 1790Power of philosophy2 quotes
Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them. — Voltaire · 1764Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld · 1678Religion2 quotes
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous. — David Hume · 1739Wisdom2 quotes
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BCPhilosophy is nothing but discretion. — Richard Milward · 1689Wonder2 quotes
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. — Socrates · 400 BCWonder... And not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature. — Adam Smith · 1790Atheism1 quote
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon · 1625Athens1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Athens and Jerusalem1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Changing the world1 quote
Philosophy stands in the same relation to the study of the actual world as masturbation to sexual love. — Karl Marx · 1883Critical thinking1 quote
The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason. — Bertrand Russell · 1912Discretion1 quote
Philosophy is nothing but discretion. — Richard Milward · 1689Disenchanted world1 quote
Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings. — John Keats · 1820Faith1 quote
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon · 1625Introspection1 quote
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BCJerusalem1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Journey vs. destination1 quote
It is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way. — Havelock Ellis · 1923Language1 quote
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. — Ludwig Wittgenstein · 1953Limits of knowledge1 quote
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. — Ludwig Wittgenstein · 1953Managing suffering1 quote
For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently. — William Shakespeare · 1600Nature of philosophy1 quote
Well, my art of midwifery is in most respects like theirs; but differs, in that I attend men and not women, and I look after their souls when they are in labor, and not after their bodies: and the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth. — Socrates · 369 BCOptimism1 quote
I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in. — Oliver Edwards · 1778Pessimism1 quote
I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in. — Oliver Edwards · 1778Plato1 quote
The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. — Alfred North Whitehead · 1928Poetry1 quote
No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817Poets1 quote
No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817Purpose of life1 quote
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. — Albert Camus · 1942Purpose of philosophy1 quote
What is your aim in philosophy?-To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. — Ludwig Wittgenstein · 1953Questioning one's beliefs1 quote
The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason. — Bertrand Russell · 1912