Philosopher Quotes

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.

The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.

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.

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another.

I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.

Why is it the philosopher who is expected to be easier and not some scientist who is even more inaccessible?

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.

To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.

Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.

A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.

The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind.

The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect.

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.

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.

To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.

No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned to the athlete I once was. I'm integrating all the parts of me - jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher - and becoming stronger as a result.

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.