Quotes About Philosophy

Nekem megvan a magam külön szótára: akkor múlatom az idÅ't, ha rossz és kellemetlen; ha jó, nem akarom elmúlatni: ízlelem, belékapaszkodom. A rosszon át kell futni, a jóban meg kell pihenni.

Philosophy is a hallow bone with no flesh on it

Fericirea este suma tuturor nenorocirilor de care nu am avut parte.

Les hommes, quelque beau visage que fortune leur fasse, ne se peuvent appeler heureux jusqu'à ce qu'on leur ai vu passer le dernier jour de leur vie, à cause de l'incertitude et de la variabilité des choses humaines qui d'un bien léger mouvement se changent d'un état en un autre tout divers

Pas de doute, avec ce jour, j'ai vécu un de plus que je n'aurais dû

Para empezar a privar a la muerte de su mayor ventaja sobre nosotros, adoptemos una actitud del todo opuesta a la común; privemos a la muerte de su extrañeza, frecuentémosla, acostumbrémonos a ella; no tengamos nada más presente que la muerte. No sabemos dónde nos espera la muerte: así pues esperémosla en todas partes. Practicar la muerte es practicar la libertad.

Biz pek ÅŸaÅŸk?n varl?klar?z: Filanca hayat?n? iÅŸsiz güçsüz geçirdi, deriz; bugün hiçbir ÅŸey yapmad?m, deriz. -Bir ÅŸey yapmad?m da ne demek? YaÅŸad?n?z ya!

Benim bütün çabam kimseye muhtaç olmadan yaÅŸamakt?r. Ä°nsanlar hiçbir ÅŸeyimi almazlarsa, bana çok ÅŸey vermiÅŸ olurlar. Hiçbir kötülük etmezlerse, yeterince iyilik etmiÅŸ olurlar.

Platon, Devlet'inde ak?lca ve ruhça zay?f olanlara tart??may? yasak etmiÅŸtir. DoÄŸru dürüst ad?m at?p yürümesini bilmeyen bir insanla gerçeÄŸi aramaya ç?kman?n anlam? var m??

La persecución y la caza corren propiamente de nuestra cuenta; no tenemos excusa si las efectuamos mal y fuera de propósito. Fallar en la captura es otra cosa. Porque hemos nacido para buscar la verdad; poseerla corresponde a una potencia mayor. [...] El mundo es sólo una escuela de indagación. Lo importante no es quien llegará a la meta, sino quién efectuará las más bellas carreras.

There is nothing certain but uncertainty, and nothing more miserable and arrogant than man.

There is nothing so beautiful and legitimate as to play the man well and properly, no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally; and the most barbarous of our maladies is to despise our being.

Sólo busco en los libros el gusto que me proporcione un honrado entretenimiento; o, si estudio, solo busco la ciencia que trate del conocimiento de mí mismo y que me instruya en un bien morir y un bien vivir

It is an ill wind that does not blow some good. For example, it is well to be born in a decadent age; for one may obtain a reputation for virtue at a bargain price.

It is a thorny undertaking, and more so than it seems, to follow a movement so wandering as that of our mind, to penetrate the opaque depths of its innermost folds, to pick out and immobilise the innumerable flutterings that agitate it.

My philosophy, like color television, is all there in black and white.

It's natural to die. The fact that we make such a big hullabaloo over it is all because we don't see ourselves as part of nature. We think because we're human we're something above nature.

Philosophy is like science and unlike history in that it seeks general truths rather than an account of particular events, either in the near or distant past.

The possession of the truth is the highest goal of the human mind.

We are tied down, all our days and for the greater part of our days, to the commonplace. That is where contact with the great thinkers, great literature helps. In their company we are still in the ordinary world, but it is the ordinary world transfigured and seen through the eyes of wisdom and genius. And some of their genius becomes ours. . . in The Great Conversation

A mind not agitated by good questions cannot appreciate the significance of even the best answers. It is easy enough to learn the answers. But to develop actively inquisitive minds, alive with real questions, profound questions—that is another story.

Os gregos tinham um nome especial nome especial para essa estranha mistura de aprendizado e estupidez - um nome que pode ser aplicado aos literatos ignorantes de todas as eras. Eles chamavam esse fenômeno de sofomania.

1. WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT AS A WHOLE?

Chronos is the Greek word for time, topos