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Philosophy Quotes (page 2)

Alexander Dumas quote: "Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the..."
Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth. Alexander Dumas
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the..."
Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry."
Philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Jean Baudrillard quote: "Philosophy leads to death, sociology leads to suicide."
Philosophy leads to death, sociology leads to suicide. Jean Baudrillard
[Philosophy] must set limits to what can be thought; and, in doing so, to what cannot be thought. It must set limits to what cannot be thought by working outwards through what can be thought. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy without action is the ruin of the soul. One brave deed is worth a hundred books, a thousand theories, a million words. Now as always we need heroes. And heroines! Down with the passive and the limp. Edward Abbey
Martin Luther quote: "Philosophy is the Devil's Whore"
Philosophy is the Devil's Whore Martin Luther
Philosophy, art, and science are not the mental objects of an objectified brain but the three aspects under which the brain becomes subject. Gilles Deleuze
Philosophy hasn't made any progress? - If somebody scratches the spot where he has an itch, do we have to see some progress? Isn't genuine scratching otherwise, or genuine itching itching? And can't this reaction to an irritation continue in the same way for a long time before a cure for the itching is discovered? Ludwig Wittgenstein
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "philosophy is not suited for the masses, what they need is..."
philosophy is not suited for the masses, what they need is holiness. Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on. Mary Wortley
Philosophy, if it cannot answer so many questions as we could wish, has at least the power of asking questions which increase the interest of the world, and show the strangeness and wonder lying just below the surface even in the commonest things of daily life. Bertrand Russell
William James quote: "Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly."
Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly. William James
Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in which it is written. The book is written in mathematical language, and the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible to comprehend a single word of it; without which one wanders in vain through a dark labyrinth. Galileo Galilei
Iris Murdoch quote: "Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think..."
Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating! Iris Murdoch

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