philosophy Quotes

“To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.”

― Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy

topic:philosophy living

“Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.”

― William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience

topic:nature philosophy

“the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.”

― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

topic:humanity philosophy weakness

“Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possibilities which enlarge our thoughts and free them from the tyranny of custom.”

― Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy

topic:philosophy doubt

“Philosophers, that give themselves airs of superior wisdom and sufficiency, have a hard task when they encounter persons of inquisitive dispositions, who push them from every corner to which they retreat, and who are sure at last to bring them to...”

― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

topic:philosophy contradiction

“In Kant's language, even 'Good morning,' suitably pronounced, can take the shape of a metaphysical thesis.”

― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

topic:philosophy language

“The philosopher is in advance of his age even in the outward form of his life.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide.”

― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

topic:life philosophy

“Aristotle says that in order to live alone, a man must be either an animal or a god. The third alternative is lacking: a man must be both—a philosopher.”

― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

topic:loneliness philosophy

“The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness.”

― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

topic:philosophy art

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