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Quotes About Philosophy

Philosophy is the microscope of thought.
~ Victor Hugo
I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.
~ Clifford Geertz
The triumph of the philosophy of Atheism is to free man from the nightmare of gods; it means the dissolution of the phantoms of the beyond.
~ Emma Goldman
If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy, that caring, spreads.
~ Jeff Bridges
The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us - but not suckle us.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
As Hamlet tells his friend, ''There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'' Well then, we must try harder to dream!
~ Gregory Chaitin
The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant of commoner and king alike and should never be regarded with awe.
~ L. Ron Hubbard
Atheism is a disease of the mind caused by eating underdone philosophy
~ Austin O'Malley
If we include hedonistic philosophy in hospitals, the lives of patients suffering from cancer would be much, much better.
~ Michel Onfray
But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.
~ Robert B. Laughlin
My philosophy on writing books is that if you learn only one new thing, or even get a new take on something you already know, it's worth it.
~ James Scott Bell
Have a philosophy of investment and try to follow it.
~ Walter Schloss
To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
~ Igor Stravinsky
As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.
~ Plato
Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.
~ Gilbert Ryle
My philosophy is TRUTH unto me. Through expressing my individuality I become free.
~ Stuart Wilde
I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals.
~ Jack Nicklaus
Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?
~ Novalis
Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.
~ Wallace Stevens
Philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
In the eyes of dialectical philosophy, nothing is established for all times, nothing is absolute or sacred.
~ Karl Marx
To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.
~ Bertrand Russell
Philosophy is the highest music.
~ Plato