Quotes About Philosophy

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

What is the first business of philosophy? To part with self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Where do you suppose he got that high brow?

Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.

Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.

Tell me where I can escape death: discover for me the country, show me the men to whom I must go, whom death does not visit. Discover to me a charm against death. If I have not one, what do you wish me to do? I cannot escape from death, but shall I die lamenting and trembling? . . . Therefore if I am able to change externals according to my wish, I change them: but if I cannot, I am ready to tear the eyes out of him who hinders me.

The beginning of philosophy is the recognition of the conflict between opinions.

To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable but everything reasonable may be supported.

What is the first business of one who practices philosophy To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.

Seek not the good in external things;seek it in yourselves.

Es necesario no fingir que filosofamos, sino filosofar realmente; no necesitamos, en efecto, aparentar que estamos sanos, sino estarlo verdaderamente.

No tenemos por qué temer a la muerte, pues, de hecho, no nos encontramos con ella nunca con ella. Cuando todavía estamos aquí, ella aún no está. Y cuando ella está, nosotros ya no estamos.

Il culmine del piacere è la pura e semplice distruzione del dolore.

No es posible vivir feliz sin vivir sensata, honesta y justamente, ni vivir sensata, honesta y justamente sin vivir feliz.

No es posible vivir feliz si no se lleva una vida bella, justa y virtuosa, ni llevar una vida bella, justa y virtuosa sin ser feliz.

Es preciso reír y, al mismo tiempo, filosofar, cuidar de los asuntos domésticos y mantener las demás relaciones habituales, sin dejar de proclamar jamás las máximas de la recta filosofía.

El hombre bien nacido se dedica principalmente a la sabiduría y a la amistad. De éstas, una es bien mortal; la otra, inmortal.

Vana es la palabra del filósofo que no remedia ningún sufrimiento del hombre. Porque así como no es útil la medicina si no suprime las enfermedades del cuerpo, así tampoco la filosofía si no suprime las enfermedades del alma.

De los bienes que la sabiduría ofrece para la felicidad de la vida entera, el mayor con mucho es la adquisición de la amistad

Ciò che una volta presente non ci turba, stoltamente atteso ci fa impazzire.

Quando noi viviamo la morte non c'è, quando c'è lei non ci siamo noi.