Phylosophy Quotes

• A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

  Francis Bacon

  Atheist, Philosophy, Men

  Essays "Of Atheism" (1625)

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• The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

  William Osler

  Birthday, Truth, Philosophy

  Sir William Osler, Mark E. Silverman, T. J. Murray, Charles S. Bryan, American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine (2003). “The Quotable Osler”, p.18, ACP Press

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• Scepticism is the first step toward truth.

  Denis Diderot

  Philosophy, Science, Steps

  "The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations". Book by Norbert Gutermam, 1963.

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• Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Philosophy, Adversity

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 3, sc. 3, l. 54

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• Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Philosophy, Reality, Theory

  Ludwig Wittgenstein (2014). “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: German and English”, p.9, Routledge

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• Philosophy means liberation from the - routine, soaring above the well known, seeing it in new perspectives, arousing wonder and the wish to fly.

  Walter Kaufmann

  Philosophy, Mean, Perspective

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• It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.

  George Santayana

  Philosophy, Advantage

  The Unknowable (1923)

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• Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

  Charles William Eliot

  Philosophy, Real, Men

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• My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Philosophy, Men, Family And Friends

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.216, e-artnow

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• The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means. It is only partly got from books; it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.

  William James

  Philosophy, Book, Mean

  Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking Lecture 1 (1907)

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• Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

  John Churton Collins

  Philosophy, Philosopher, Truth Is

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