"Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems."

Adams, Henry Brooks · Philosophers and Philosophy · 0 fans >>
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"The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature. He judges more sanely, he sees things as they are. It is in this that his liberty consists -- in the ability to see clearly and soberly, in the power of mental record."

Amiel, Henri Frederic · Philosophers and Philosophy · 1 fans >>
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"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."

Aquinas, St. Thomas · Philosophers and Philosophy · 2 fans >>
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"The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful."

Ayer, Sir Alfred Jules · Philosophers and Philosophy · 1 fans >>
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"We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do."

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"In it he proves that all things are true and states how the truths of all contradictions may be reconciled physically, such as for example that white is black and black is white; that one can be and not be at the same time; that there can be hills without valleys; that nothingness is something and that everything, which is, is not. But take note that he proves all these unheard-of paradoxes without any fallacious or sophistical reasoning."

Bergerac, Savinien Cyrano De · Philosophers and Philosophy · 0 fans >>
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"What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind."

Berkeley, George · Philosophers and Philosophy · 2 fans >>
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"A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing."

Bierce, Ambrose · Philosophers and Philosophy · 2 fans >>
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"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher."

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"Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society."

Brookner, Anita · Philosophers and Philosophy · 2 fans >>
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