Quotes About Philosophy

Cui ii e dat sa traiasca un "de ce" indura aproape orice "cum".

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." – Soren Kierkegaard

I hope I never get so old I get religious.

Death: Do you never stop questioning? Antonius Block: No. I never stop.

Reality is perhaps not at all what I imagine. Perhaps it doesn't exist, in fact. Perhaps it only exists as a longing.

Actually it deals ("as usual" I was about to say!) with Life, Love and Death. Because nothing in fact is more important. To occupy oneself with. To think of. To worry over. To be happy about. And so on.

Death: When next we meet, the hour will strike for you and your friends. Antonius Block: And will you reveal your secrets? Death: I have no secrets. Antonius Block: So do you know nothing? Death: I am unknowing.

Por qué, al menos, no me es posible matar a Dios en mi interior? ¿Por qué prefiere vivir en mí de una forma tan dolorosa y humillante, puesto que yo le maldigo y desearía expulsarlo de mi corazón? ¿Sabes? Estoy a punto de llegar a una conclusión... Creo que Dios es una especie de realidad engañosa, de la cual los hombres como yo no podemos desprendernos

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the soul concept is derived not from Latin but from early Old Nordic and Old Germanic sources. However, the terms "animate" and

If so, then this definition stands as one of the earliest blueprints, in English, for fundamental reality-box making.

Now, I happen to be an Ayn Rand enthusiast, the philosopher-author whose caustic but penetrating eye espied some factors in society normally overlooked by a lot of people. In her philosophical tracts and in her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged

I knew of no instruction manual for reaching a higher level of humanity and a greater wisdom. But I felt intuitively that laughter was the beginning of wisdom, as is was indispensable for survival.

The fact is, my dear friend, love of the truth is higher and purer than any other. The truth, however poor and naked it may be, is more lovable and more holy than any sumptuous, dressed-up falsehood. And thus every time I'm able remove some flounce or frill from you, my heart leaps in my breast and a triumphal crown girds my head. Blessed be that philosophy that teaches us that though we be mortal, weak and unhappy, we can be great in equality, liberty and love!

Quanti secoli bisognarono a quella nebulosa per crescere da atomo a stella?

Quanti secoli bisognarono a quella nebulosa per crescere da atomo a stella? Ve lo dicano gli astronomi. Quanti secoli ci vollero al sentimento umano per concertarsi in coscienza? Lo dicano gli antropologi.

Che vale poter vedere in quarant'anni dieci volte, in vece che una, le quattro parti del mondo? Né il mondo s'allarga né la vita s'allunga per ciò; e chi pensa troppo, correrà sempre fuori di quei limiti nell'infinito, nel mistero senza luce.

Levinas's thought emphasizes not the primacy of the self, but the primacy of the other—that is, other human beings. He taught that the self comes into existence

Being happy or unhappy - is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness - a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.

philosophers have warned us: if we forget the past, we are doomed to repeat it.

How sad the world is, so beautiful yet so absurd...

why do you think that?

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!