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Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
Marriage
,
Bad
,
Means
All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Prepare
,
Which
,
Determine
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
Feeling
,
Wonder
,
Begins
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
Denis Diderot
Never
,
Priest
,
Whereas
A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
A. P. Martinich
Grammar
,
Half
,
Once
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Which
,
Still
,
Became
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
Douglas Adams
Dreams
,
Speculative
,
His
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
Diogenes
Feelings
,
Anybody
,
Use
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Reason
,
Extent
,
Subject
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Desire
,
Take
,
His
You may be able to read Bernard Shaw's plays, you may be able to quote Shakespeare or Voltaire or some new philosopher; but if you in yourself are not intelligent, if you are not creative, what is the point of this education?
Jiddu Krishnamurti
New
,
Some
,
Bernard
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
Thomas Aquinas
Considers
,
Offence
What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and don't know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things?
Desiderius Erasmus
Objects
,
Provided
,
Emerged
For conclusion, I say the philosopher teacheth, but he teacheth obscurely, so as the learned only can understand him; that is to say, he teacheth them that are already taught.
Philip Sidney
Understand
,
Say
,
Learned
There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.
Charles Babbage
Think
,
Circumstances
,
Which
If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.
Bertrand Russell
Some
,
Give
,
Certainly
The man of science is a poor philosopher.
Albert Einstein
Science
,
Man
,
Poor
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
Friedrich Nietzsche
Divine
,
Fine Art
,
Piety
I am a fictionalizing philosopher, not a novelist.
Philip K. Dick
I Am
,
Am
,
Novelist
The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
Wallace Stevens
Existence
,
Poet
,
Exists
The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality or whatever you like to call it, can never be answered by books, by priests, philosopher's or saviours. Nobody and nothing can answer the question but you yourself, and that is why you must know yourself - Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Know Yourself
,
Immaturity
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
Thomas Aquinas
Big
,
Poetic
,
Fables
Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.
David Hume
Man
,
Still
,
Your
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Never
,
Like
,
Boxer
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
Ambrose Bierce
Analyze
,
His
,
Delusions
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.
Rene Descartes
Been
,
Another
,
Cannot
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