Quotes by Philosopher Many modern philosophers claim that probability is relation between an hypothesis and the evidence for it. Ian Hacking philosopher modern claims There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be. Henry David Thoreau philosopher literature should Say, Not so, and you will out circle the philosophers. Henry David Thoreau philosopher circles philosophy Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge. Imre Lakatos philosopher tables thinking Although according to certain philosophers it is quite difficult to distinguish the jester from the melancholic, life itself being a comic drama or a dramatic comedy. Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont philosopher comedy drama There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers Henry David Thoreau professors philosopher philosophy You're like a philosopher with tattoos. J.A. Redmerski philosopher tattoo I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate. Jack Kevorkian death-penalty philosopher plato These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate. Jacques Derrida philosopher personality practice Why is it apparently the philosopher who is expected to be "easier" and not some scientist or other who is even more inaccessible to the same readers? Jacques Derrida philosopher scientist easier The philosopher says that God's knowledge is the measure of things, and that things are the measure of man's knowledge. Jacques Maritain philosopher men A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me. Jacques Maritain philosopher beacons clear The act of philosophizing involves the character of the philosopher. Jacques Maritain philosopher character Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve. James Anthony Froude philosopher doubt philosophy One learns more metaphysics from a single temptation than from all the philosophers. James Russell Lowell metaphysics philosopher temptation Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune. James Weldon Johnson philosopher stones work A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human"? Jane Goldman stardust philosopher stars [W]here other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given. Jane Austen philosopher entertainment benefits A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead. Jean le Rond d'Alembert philosopher fool alive I like both slapstick and contradiction. Like philosophers. Jean-Luc Godard slapstick philosopher contradiction «56789101112131415»