Quotes by Philosopher The human mind is not, as philosophers would have you think, a debating hall, but a picture gallery. Douglas Harding philosopher mind thinking In our corrupted state, common weaknesses and defects contribute more towards the reconciling us to one another than all the precepts of the philosophers and divines. E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax philosopher weakness perfect Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot. Edgar Quinet philosopher may philosophy It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor. Edward de Bono philosopher littles attention There is a famous formula, perhaps the most compact and famous of all formulas - developed by Euler from a discovery of de Moivre: e^(i pi) + 1 = 0... It appeals equally to the mystic, the scientist, the philosopher, the mathematician. Edward Kasner philosopher education discovery He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton trifles philosopher advantage Life is a paradox. Every truth has its counterpart which contradicts it; and every philosopher supplies the logic his own undoing. Elbert Hubbard philosopher honesty truth The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence. Elie Wiesel philosopher silence The upshot is that most philosophers of biology now hold that biological properties supervene on physical properties (where supervenience is taken to include some kind of "in virtue of" relation), and that fitness and other biological properties are not identical with physical properties. Elliott Sober philosopher kind taken Philosophers of biology generally recognize that evolutionary fitness (roughly, an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment) is multiply realizable. Elliott Sober philosopher biology environment Philosophers write for professors; thinkers for writers. Emile M. Cioran professors philosopher writing Earnsha was not to be civilized with a wish, and my young lady was no philosopher, and no paragon of patience; but both their minds tending to the same point - one loving and desiring to esteem, and the other loving and desiring to be esteemed - they contrived in the end to reach it. Emily Bronte philosopher wish mind What a pity that 'nothingness' has been devalued by an abuse of it made by philosophers unworthy of it! Emile M. Cioran philosopher pity abuse Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering. Epicurus philosopher suffering doe The words of that philosopher who offers no therapy for human suffering are empty and vain. Epicurus philosopher empty suffering Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus, at an entertainment, don't talk how persons ought to eat, but Epictetus philosopher entertainment remember When you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and then you will see how you will move the speaker. Epictetus philosopher want moving If what the philosophers say be true, that all men's actions proceed from one source; that as they assent from a persuasion that a thing is so, and dissent from a persuasion that it is not, and suspend their judgment from a persuasion that it is uncertain, so likewise they seek a thing from a persuasion that it is for their advantage. Epictetus philosopher action men A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject. Ernest Gellner abandon philosopher calling What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events? Epictetus philosopher events philosophy «1234567891011»