Quotes About Philosophy

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy

With the rise of Christianity, faith replaced thought as the bringer of immortality.

There is no shorter path for joining a neutral existential anthropology, according to philosophy, with the existential decision before God, according to the Bible.

Plato's Symposium shows that flirtation and philosophy can further one another.

What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.

I rather despise claims to objectivity in philosophy; the point of view is the thing.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.

...you don't need to be technically great, because if you have a strong philosophy people will be moved by your pictures regardless.

Philosophy is the history of philosophy.

To be a philosopher... is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.

Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.

As I look back on it now, it's obvious that studying history and philosophy was much better preparation for the stock market than, say, studying statistics.

The name Bowie just appealed to me when I was younger. I was into a kind of heavy philosophy thing when I was 16 years old, and I wanted a truism about cutting through the lies and all that.

Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine - Unweave a rainbow.

We need a moral philosophy in which the concept of love, so rarely mentioned now by philosophers, can once again be made central.

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

The thing that will make the biggest difference to your business, your bank account, your health and your relationships in the next 12 months is your philosophy

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

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

What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.