Quotes about Philosophical Integrity

Remain true to yourself and your philosophy.

At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

Never judge a philosophy by its abuse.

I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy.

If you play games with the law of non-contradiction, then every time you open your mouth and say anything, you're cheating. Every time you make a choice in life you're cheating.

The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason.

Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.

It is not possible to be intellectually honest and believe in gods. And it is not possible to believe in gods and be a true scientist.

É melhor repelir dez verdades do que admitir uma única falsidade, uma só teoria errônea.

It is not reasonings that are wanted now for there are books stuffed full of stoical reasonings. What is wanted, then? The man who shall apply them; whose actions may bear testimony to his doctrines. Assume this character for me, that we may no longer make use in the schools of the examples of the ancients, but may have some examples of our own.

It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.

If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

I never give in to the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult. That would be too ridiculous.

Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.

Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine.

Where the interests of truth are at actual stake, we ought, perhaps, to sacrifice even that which is our own--if, at least, we are to lay any claim to a philosophic spirit.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

I hate actors who come and quote Nietzsche.

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.

I mistrust all systematizers and avoid them. the will to a system is a lack of integrity.

Ich will keinen Autor mehr lesen, dem man anmerkt, er wollte ein Buch machen; sondern nur jene, deren Gedanken unversehens ein Buch werden.

No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be good.