Joseph de Maistre Quotes About Philosophy

Quotes about: Philosophy

• Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct himself, he kills to amuse himself, he kills for the sake of killing.

  Joseph de Maistre

  Life, Death, Art

• We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place.

  Joseph de Maistre

  Philosophy, Real, Taught Us

  Joseph de Maistre (2017). “The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment”, p.64, Routledge

• Christianity was preached by ignorant men and believed by servants, and that is why it resembles nothing ever known.

  Joseph de Maistre

  Art, Philosophy, Men

• There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.

  Joseph de Maistre

  Art, Philosophy, Philosopher

  Joseph de Maistre (2017). “The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment”, p.232, Routledge

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