Philosophy Quotes

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it

Cicero

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists

Corliss Lamont

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit

Freda Adler

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education

George Bernard Shaw

Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck

Immanuel Kant

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy

Thornton Wilder

If a man's good for nothing else, he can at least teach philosophy.

William James

Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits

William James

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts; but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates

Henry Thoreau

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities

Thomas Paine

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy

Aldous Huxley

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end

Michel de Montaigne

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings

John Keats

Philosophy is nothing but common sense in a dress suit

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