Philosophy Quotes
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Treasured Wealth
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. ~Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Senseless To Think Of Complaining
It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are. `~Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant, Philosopher, Born: April 22, 1724 – Died: February 12, 1804 Continue reading
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Three Great Things
The three great things of life are: good health; work, and a philosophy of life. ~Jack London Continue reading
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People
To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do rather than what they say. ~Rene Descartes Continue reading
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Boundaries
“A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins.” ~ Martin Heidegger, Philosopher ~ 1889 – 1976 Continue reading
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Simplify Your Life
“Simplify your life. Don’t waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don’t burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don’t destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Dreaming
“It is possible that I am dreaming right now and that all of my perceptions are false.” ~ Rene Descartes, Philosopher ~ 1596 – 1650 Continue reading
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Fear
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” ~ Bertrand Russell Continue reading
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To Be
“To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi).” Or, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” ~ George Berkeley Continue reading
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People Know What They Do
“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, Philosopher – Born: October 15, 1926 – Died: June 25, 1984 Continue reading
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“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.” ~Averroes
Averroes, Philosopher – Born: April 14, 1126-Died: December 10, 1198 Continue reading
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The body
“The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.” ~ Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Philosopher ~ 1908-1961 Continue reading
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Two People
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” ~ William James Continue reading
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Materials Of Knowledge
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” ~ John Locke Continue reading
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Majority Of Men
“The majority of men… are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and… are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher – 1788-1860 Continue reading
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One Day Left
“There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Nihilist
A nihilist is not one who believes in nothing, but one who does not believe in what exists. ~ Albert Camus Continue reading
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“Curiosity is the lust of the mind.” ~ Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes – Philosopher, 1588-1679 Continue reading
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Three Things
“Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes” ~ Immanuel Kant Continue reading
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Good Books
“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” ~ Rene Descartes Continue reading
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Free Will
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.” ~ Jawaharlal Nehru Continue reading
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Watch Your Thoughts
“Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.” ~ Laozi Continue reading
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Philosophical Animal
“It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal… one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.” ~ Theophile Gautier Continue reading
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Philosophical Questions
“Philosophical questions are not by their nature insoluble. They are, indeed, radically different from scientific questions, because they concern the implications and other interrelations of ideas, not the order of physical events; their answers are interpretations instead of factual reports, and their function is to increase not our knowledge of nature, but our understanding of Continue reading
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Are We Human
“A philosopher once asked, “Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?” Pointless, really…”Do the stars gaze back?” Now that’s a question.” ~ Neil Gaiman Continue reading
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To Be A Philosopher
“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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The Wonder Remains
“Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.” ~ Alfred North Whitehead Continue reading
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“A person is able to understand only when he solves the problem by himself.” ~Peter Deunov
Peter Deunov, Bulgarian Philosopher – July 11, 1864 – December 27, 1944 Continue reading
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Equal Right
“All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.” ~ John Locke Continue reading
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Two Kinds Of Truth
There are two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. ~ Gottfried Leibniz Continue reading
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Common Sense
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. Rene Descartes Continue reading
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Life Is The Fire …..
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternty. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Continue reading
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There are two ways to be fooled. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher – B: May 5, 1813 – D: November 11, 1855 Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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Thoughts
“Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.” – William James Continue reading
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