Philosophy
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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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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 Continue reading
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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 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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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 Continue reading
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Animal
“I don’t care whether animals are capable of thinking; all I care about is that they are capable of suffering!” – Jeremy Bentham Continue reading
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Ancient Philosopher
“According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat” – Moliere Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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Thinking
“Thinking begins when you ask really difficult questions.” – Slavoj Žižek Continue reading
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Know Thyself
“The aim of human life is to know thyself. Think for yourself. Question authority. Think with your friends. Create, create new realities. Philosophy is a team sport. Philosophy is the ultimate, the ultimate aphrodisiac pleasure. Learning how to operate your brain, learning how to operate your mind, learning how to redesign chaos” – Timothy Leary Continue reading
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Quote ~ Victor Hugo
“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.” – Victor Hugo Continue reading
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Philosophical Quote
See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking. ~W.H. Auden Continue reading
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Books…
Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything else. -Plato Continue reading
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Socrates
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. Socrates Continue reading
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Voltaire
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Voltaire Continue reading
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Aristotle On Madness
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Man
Man: a being in search of meaning. Plato Continue reading
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Edna Ferber Quote
Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. Edna Ferber Continue reading
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Friedrich Nietzsche Quote
I and me are always too deep in conversation. Friedrich Nietzsche Continue reading
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Socrates Quote
To find yourself think for yourself. Socrates Continue reading
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Albert Camus Quote
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K.M. Douglas Quote
There’s only one thing you can do: Toss your pebble in the river, watch it ripple, and know you have moved the ocean. – K.M. Douglas — from the App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cimaxapp.philosophicalquotes Continue reading
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Voltaire Quote
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor. – Voltaire — from the App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cimaxapp.philosophicalquotes Continue reading
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Young Children
Young children are naturally so philosophical. They ask: ‘What is real? What is truth?’ They have to learn it; they don’t automatically know it. To them, it’s a game. You can study this for years in college, and yet you probably asked it when you were four or five years old. – Sharon Creech —… Continue reading
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Thursday Evening Quote
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Monday Evening Quote
Wilhelm von Humbolt Russian Philosopher Born: June 22, 1767 – Died: April 8, 1835 Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Jose Ortega y Gasset Quote
Jose Ortega y Gasset – Spanish Philosopher. Born: May 9, 1883, Died: OCTOBER 18, 1955 Continue reading
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Socrates Quote
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writing so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” -Socrates Continue reading
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Georg C. Lichtenberg Quote
Born: July 1, 1742 – Died: February 24, 1799 German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. Continue reading
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Quote
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” – Dalai Lama http://www.bquot.es/s/84 Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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Age Quote by Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, Philosopher – Born: January 21, 1561. Continue reading
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Quote
What can be shown, cannot be said. Ludwig Wittgenstein Continue reading
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Opinions
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” –John Locke Continue reading
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Opinion
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. Plato Continue reading
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Free Thinking
Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make outward pretense to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free. George Berkeley Continue reading
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Wealth
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke Continue reading
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I Live
I live for today. Tomorrow I will, that is if it comes, as we never know what will happen. Yesterday, why dwell on it. It’s done. It’s history. What ever happened, happened. So why worry about it. Move on. That’s my philosophy. Continue reading
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Quote
November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960 Philosopher Continue reading
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Observation
The Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once remarked that observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence. When I first read this statement, the thought, ‘What nonsense!’ shot through my mind before I realized that I had just made an evaluation. — Marshall Rosenberg Continue reading
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Advice
Look, I really don’t want to wax philosophical, but I will say that if you’re alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you’re… Continue reading
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Teach
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Philosophy and Art ….
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination. — George Henry Lewes Continue reading
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The Zen philosophy …..
The Zen philosophy posits that ‘human beings suffer’ and ‘the cause of suffering is desire.’ The way to put an end to suffering is to stop wanting everything, all the time. — Karl Albrecht Continue reading
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Truth
Socrates showed us that thinking the truth is not enough. Truth demands to be lived. –Americ Azevedo Continue reading
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Socrates
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 a… Continue reading
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Simple Philosophy
I have a simple philosophy. Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. And scratch where it itches. — Alice Roosevelt Longworth Continue reading
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Happiness… – Aristotle
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