Quotes About Philosophy

For myself, I am interested in science and in philosophy only because I want to learn something about the riddle of the world in which we live, and the riddle of man's knowledge of that world. And I believe that only a revival of interest in these riddles can save the sciences and philosophy from an obscurantist faith in the expert's special skill and in his personal knowledge and authority.

We should realize that, if [Socrates] demanded that the wisest men should rule, he clearly stressed that he did not mean the learned men; in fact, he was skeptical of all professional learnedness, whether it was that of the philosophers or of the learned men of his own generation, the Sophists. The wisdom he meant was of a different kind. It was simply the realization: how little do I know! Those who did not know this, he taught, knew nothing at all. This is the true scientific spirit.

Haydi mast?rl?lar ve doktoral?lar, k?z??t?r?n ortal???! (Goethe, Faust)

Sonuç olarak daha iyi bir dünya aray???, ba?ka insanlar?n, bir dü?ünce u?runa ya?amlar?n? istemeyerek feda etmeyece?i bir dünya aray??? olmal?d?r.

Hiçbir ?ey bilmiyoruz - bu birincisi. Bu yüzden çok alçakgönüllü olmal?y?z - bu ikincisi. Bilmedi?imiz halde bildi?imizi iddia etmemeliyiz. - bu da üçüncüsü. Halka sevdirmek istedi?im yakla??m kabaca budur. Ama gelece?i pek parlak görünmüyor. (Hayat Problem Çözmektir)

Her usçu Kant ile birlikte ?unlar? söyleyebilmelidir: Felsefe ö?retilemez - olsa olsa felsefe yapmak ö?retilebilir; yani ele?tirel yakla??m. (Hayat Problem Çözmektir)

I am an atheist who says his prayers.

To make matters even worse, Schlick had the cheek to write an essay called "The Meaning of Life." He even gave a simple answer to the question. The meaning of life does not reside in a higher purpose, but can be expressed in just one word, said Moritz Schlick: "The meaning of life is youth.

Although he was barely four years older than Gödel, Menger had become a sort of mentor to Gödel, and an almost fatherly friend. When he returned to Vienna, he and Gödel slowly drifted away from the Vienna Circle. To their taste, it had taken on too much of the flavor of Wittgenstein and of Neurath; there was too much of a cult about the former, and too much politics in the latter.

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.

She doesn't believe in dogs," Bridget said. "Dogs are hardly an article of faith," Sylvie said.

it crossed Farren's mind that although death seemed big, life was even bigger

I would live in a world of Christ-like humans, but not one full of Christians, may God forgive me.

I wish that I could thoroughly believe in some creed. I wish that I was ignorant enough to know one truth and discard all others.

full century on, John Maynard Keynes echoed Mill's sentiments, asserting (rather wishfully) that 'the day is not far off when the economic problem will take the back seat where it belongs, and the arena of the heart and the head will be occupied or reoccupied, by our real problems—the problems of life and of human relations, of creation and behaviour and religion'.

the founding fathers of political economy were unabashed to talk of what they thought mattered and to articulate their views on the economy's purpose. But when political economy was split up into political philosophy and economic science in the late nineteenth century, it opened up what the philosopher Michael Sandel has called a 'moral vacancy' at the heart of public policymaking.

Hitler Tanr?'ysa,ben de Tanr?'y?m.Ama ikimizin de Tanr? falan olmad???n? dü?ünmek daha mant?kl? tabii.Ve daha makul

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.

The philosophers stone is just an allegory. It represents everything that man wants and can never have.

I'm always intrigued by the different ways people decide what to believe. I mean, look at this -- they're taken from all over the place. Celtic knots, Eastern philosophy, the New Age. Past and present collapsed into a buffet of equivalent options all in pursuit of the divine.

Nous nous répétons d'ailleurs d'un livre à l'autre, et parfois même d'un chapitre à l'autre, mais nous ne croyons pas devoir nous en excuser, étant donné les droits du souci de clarté.

Quand on nie le surnaturel, il n'est pas prudent de disserter sur des choses qui n'ont de sens que par lui, ni de s'occuper de la psychologie de ceux qui l'admettent.