For there was never yet a philosopher – that could endure the toothache patiently. (Much Ado About Nothing)
Philosophy - Philosophers Quotes
Philosophy and religion are enemies, and because they are enemies they have need of one another. There is no religion without some philosophical basis, no philosophy without roots in religion. Each lives by its contrary.
I have a simple philosophy. Fill What’s empty. Empty what’s full. And scratch where it itches.
Philosophers try to solve the mysteries of the universe by their empty theories. Fools! They are like children who demand the moon for a toy. Christ never hesitates. He speaks with authority. His religion is a mystery, but it subsists by its own power. He seeks, and absolutely requires, the love of men, the most […]
A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
In Plato’s opinion man was made for philosophy, in Bacon’s opinion philosophy was made for man.
If you thirst to know who said, “I think, therefore I am,” your thirst I will quench; It was Rene’ Descartes, only what he actually said was, “Je pense, donc je suis,” because he was French. He also said it in Latin, “Cogito, ergo sum,” Just to show that he was a man of culture […]
Qua religion, no – in the sense of blind belief, belief unsupported by, or contrary to, the facts of reality and the conclusions of reason. Faith, as such, is extremely detrimental to human life: it is the negation of reason. But you must remember that religion is an early form of philosophy, that the first […]
What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is Praise – although the philosophers generally call it ‘recognition’!
