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Famous quotes by Philosophers

"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Baruch Spinoza
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"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them"
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher
Baruch Spinoza
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"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them"
David Hume, Philosopher
David Hume
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"To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive"
David Hume, Philosopher
David Hume
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"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence"
David Hume, Philosopher
David Hume
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"We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves"
George Matthew Adams, Philosopher
George Matthew Adams
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"There are only three events in a man's life: birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live"
Jean de La Bruyère, Philosopher
Jean de La Bruyère
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"If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction"
Jean de La Bruyère, Philosopher
Jean de La Bruyère
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"A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were"
Jean de La Bruyère, Philosopher
Jean de La Bruyère
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"Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation"
Thomas Hobbes, Philosopher
Thomas Hobbes
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"Curiosity is the lust of the mind"
Thomas Hobbes, Philosopher
Thomas Hobbes
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"It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others"
Democritus, Philosopher
Democritus
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"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early"
Baltasar Gracian, Philosopher
Baltasar Gracian
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"Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
Xun Kuang
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"Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
Karl Popper
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"Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
Karl Popper
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"Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths"
Karl Popper, Philosopher
Karl Popper
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"Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous"
Mencius, Philosopher
Mencius
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"Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time becomes good at another time to somebody else"
Mencius, Philosopher
Mencius
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"There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation"
Henri Bergson, Philosopher
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"When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated"
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosopher
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Education is the art of making man ethical"
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosopher
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it"
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosopher
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die"
Guru Nanak, Philosopher
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"To understand is to perceive patterns"
Isaiah Berlin, Philosopher
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"Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions"
Isaiah Berlin, Philosopher
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"We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives"
Robert M. Pirsig, Philosopher
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"There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible"
Gottfried Leibniz, Philosopher
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"From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization"
Friedrich Engels, Philosopher
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"One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed"
Maimonides, Philosopher
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