Quotes by Philosophy History teaches everything, even the future. Alphonse de Lamartine teaching philosophy art My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics Alva Myrdal ethics life-is philosophy Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us. It is something we do. Alva Noe psychology medicine philosophy Consciousness... I think we should think of it as something we do. Alva Noe psychology medicine philosophy Suppose we concede that if I had been born of Muslim parents in Morocco rather than Christian parents in Michigan, my beliefs would be quite different. [But] the same goes for the pluralist...If the pluralist had been born in [Morocco] he probably wouldn't be a pluralist. Does it follow that...his pluralist beliefs are produced in him by an unreliable belief-producing process? Alvin Plantinga islamic christian philosophy There is superficial conflict but deep concord between science and theistic religion, but superficial concord and deep conflict between science and naturalism Alvin Plantinga agreement philosophy science I think I can define my entire life, virtuosity and business philosophy down to the core fundamental that I absolutely hate being told what to do. But like any artist or any human being out there, I desperately want to be loved, and I spend my entire life trying to balance those two facts. Amanda Palmer hate artist philosophy Acting for screen is very different from acting on stage, and then obviously when you dance... everything is a physical embodiment. But the discipline is the same approach. You have to take both things seriously; nothing well-crafted is by mistake. Amanda Schull medicine mistake philosophy The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household. Amar Bose mother philosophy father While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection. Amartya Sen unions philosophy two I remain instinctively hostile to communitarian philosophy and communitarian politics. Amartya Sen hostile philosophy Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. Ambrose Bierce leadership math philosophy An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time. Ambrose Bierce truth time philosophy When lost in a forest go always down hill. When lost in a philosophy or doctrine go upward. Ambrose Bierce doctrine forests philosophy Immoral: Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral. If mans notions of right and wrong have any other basis than this of expediency; if they originated, or could have originated, in any other way; if actions have in themselves a moral character apart from and nowise dependent on, their consequences-then all philosophy is a lie and reason a disorder of the mind. Ambrose Bierce running philosophy lying REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum. Ambrose Bierce dream philosophy reality PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost. Ambrose Bierce names love philosophy RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. Ambrose Bierce philosophy lying art PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution - they knew no more of the matter than he. Ambrose Bierce matter philosophy order POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer. Ambrose Bierce ignorance real philosophy «89101112131415161718»