Philosopher – A Pondering Mind

“How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?” ~ John Stuart Mill

People Know What They Do ~ Michel Foucault

“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.” ~ Michel Foucault

Jean de la Bruyere Quote: Three Events

There are only three events in a man’s life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscience of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. -Jean de la Bruyere French Philosopher

Genius And Madness

“Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Quote: Soren Kierkegaard ~ Life

Thoughts

“Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.” – William James

Life Is Short ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

J. L. Austin Quote

“A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words…. Statements are made, words or sentences are used.” – J. L. Austin

Animal

“I don’t care whether animals are capable of thinking; all I care about is that they are capable of suffering!” – Jeremy Bentham

Ancient Philosopher

“According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat” – Moliere

Reading ~ Judith Butler

“We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.” – Judith Butler

Thinking

“Thinking begins when you ask really difficult questions.” – Slavoj Žižek

Marriage

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. ~Michel de Montaigne – (1533-1592) French Philosopher & Writer

Bertrand Russell

The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. Bertrand Russell, In praise of Idleness and other essays

Monday Morning Quote

“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher… or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.” – Douglas Adams http://www.bquot.es/s/2136

Friday Morning Quote

American Philosopher Born: June 25, 1908 – Died: December 25, 2000

Jose Ortega y Gasset Quote

Jose Ortega y Gasset – Spanish Philosopher. Born: May 9, 1883, Died: OCTOBER 18, 1955

Quote

“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” – Aristotle, http://www.bquot.es/s/1503

Age Quote by Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon, Philosopher – Born: January 21, 1561.

Quote

What can be shown, cannot be said. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Opinions

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” –John Locke

Centered

Zhuangzi 369 BC – 286 BC Chinese Philosopher Source

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November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960 Philosopher

Danger

A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger! Sun Ra May 22, 1914-May 30, 1993 Composer, Musician, Philosopher, Pianist and Poet Quotes Wave

Socrates Keep this in mind the next time you are about to repeat a rumor or spread gossip. In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?” “Wait aContinue reading “Socrates”