The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.
Philosophy - Philosophers Quotes
Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally “satisfied”, but not equally “happy”. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. A peasant has not the capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher.
The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy.
To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
‘Tis well to have a theory, and sit in the center of it.
There is no record in history of a happy philosopher.
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.
It is in precisely in knowing its limits that philosophy consists.
Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all other philosophers are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.
Philosophy is the highest music.
