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Philosophy Quotes (page 4)

Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic..."
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains. Alfred North Whitehead
Mason Cooley quote: "Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run."
Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run. Mason Cooley
Novalis quote: "Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be..."
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home. Novalis
Emile M. Cioran quote: "Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas."
Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas. Emile M. Cioran
James Madison quote: "Philosophy is common sense with big words."
Philosophy is common sense with big words. James Madison
Nicolas Chamfort quote: "Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good..."
Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. Nicolas Chamfort
John Selden quote: "Philosophy is nothing but discretion."
Philosophy is nothing but discretion. John Selden
John Keats quote: "Philosophy will clip an angel's wings."
Philosophy will clip an angel's wings. John Keats
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future..."
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to..."
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. Ambrose Bierce
Karl Jaspers quote: "Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it..."
Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history. Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers quote: "Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete..."
Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension. Karl Jaspers
Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul. Karl Jaspers
Henry B. Adams quote: "Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems."
Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. Henry B. Adams
We may say, in a broad way, that Greek philosophy down to Aristotle expresses the mentality appropriate to the City State; that Stoicism is appropriate to a cosmopolitan despotism; that stochastic philosophy is an intellectual expression of the Church as an organization; that philosophy since Descartes, or at any rate since Locke, tends to embody the prejudices of the commercial middle class; and that Marxism and Fascism are the philosophies appropriate to the modern industrial state. Bertrand Russell

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