Words Of Wisdom Quotes - Page 21

• ... a science must deal with a subject and its properties.

  Aristotle

  Deals, Subjects, Property

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• ... the science we are after is not about mathematicals either none of them, you see, is separable.

  Aristotle

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• But also philosophy is not about perceptible substances they, you see, are prone to destruction.

  Aristotle

  Philosophy, Substance, Destruction

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• Metaphysics involves intuitive knowledge of unprovable starting-points concepts and truth and demonstrative knowledge of what follows from them.

  Aristotle

  Starting, Metaphysics, Concepts

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• The supposition that the future resembles the past, is not founded on arguments of any kind, but is derived entirely from habit.

  David Hume

  Past, Kind, Argument

  David Hume (2015). “A Treatise of Human Nature: Top Philosophy Collections”, p.110, 谷月社

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• ..all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely from experience; and all our experimental conclusions proceed upon the supposition that the future will be conformable to the past. .... Without the influence of custom, we should be entirely ignorant of every matter of fact beyond what is immediately present to the memory and senses.

  David Hume

  Memories, Past, Ignorant

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• The difference between a man who is led by opinion or emotion and one who is led by reason. The former, whether he will or not, performs things of which he is entirely ignorant; the latter is subordinate to no one, and only does those things which he knows to be of primary importance in his life, and which on that account he desires the most; and therefore I call the former a slave, but the latter free.

  David Hume

  Men, Differences, Ignorant

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• Time is not an empirical concept. For neither co-existence nor succession would be perceived by us, if the representation of time did not exist as a foundation a priori.

  Immanuel Kant

  Foundation, Would Be, Existence

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• Here I shall add that the concept of change, and with it the concept of motion, as change of place, is possible only through and in the representation of time. & Motion, for example, presupposes the perception of something movable. But space considered in itself contains nothing movable; consequently motion must be something which is found in space only through experience -in other words, is an empirical datum.

  Immanuel Kant

  Data, Space, Perception

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• It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty.

  Gottfried Leibniz

  Order, Progress, Way

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• This can never become popular, and, indeed, has no occasion to be so; for fine-spun arguments in favour of useful truths make just as little impression on the public mind as the equally subtle objections brought against these truths. On the other hand, since both inevitably force themselves on every man who rises to the height of speculation, it becomes the manifest duty of the schools to enter upon a thorough investigation of the rights of speculative reason, and thus to prevent the scandal which metaphysical controversies are sure, sooner or later, to cause even to the masses.

  Immanuel Kant

  School, Men, Hands

  Immanuel Kant (1855). “Critique of pure reason, tr. by J.M.D. Meiklejohn”, p.37

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• I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience teaches us that it is in fact in nature.

  Gottfried Leibniz

  Ideas, Causes, Facts

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• When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until the primary ones are reached. It is this way that in mathematics speculative theorems and practical canons are reduced by analysis to definitions, axioms and postulates.

  Gottfried Leibniz

  Ideas, Analysis, Definitions

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• ..This is why the ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God.

  Gottfried Leibniz

  Lying, Differentiation, Substance

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• There are many possibilities that people can choose from. There are bad and there are good ones. So, look carefully to choose for yourself the noble path... ... Do not let the deeds and thoughts of other people confuse you; let them not prompt you to do or say anything evil! Listen to others' advice and deliberate yourself. Only fools acts thoughtlessly, without consideration!

  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

  People, Evil, Advice

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• To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!

  Pythagoras

  Essence, Soul, Purpose

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• Therefore, we know about God that He loves and shows pity on His creatures, and also that He is the source of wisdom and knows how to govern everything concerning us. Nothing is impossible for Him, but everything is subject to His will. We must also realize that everything He does is for our benefit and we must accept it with thankfulness...as from a benefactor and a good lord even if is troublesome. For everything is done with right judgment, and God, Who is merciful, does not overlook even the smallest sadness that we suffer.

  Dorotheus of Gaza

  Sadness, Compassion, Suffering

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• Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves.

  Scott Lynch

  Needs, Quitting, Justify

  Scott Lynch (2013). “The Republic of Thieves”, p.489, Del Rey

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• You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

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• To lead people, walk behind them.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Business, People

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• Heal the soul first; then healing of the mind and body will follow.

  Zhi Gang Sha

  Healing, Soul, Mind

  Zhi Gang Sha (2012). “The Power of Soul”, p.272, Simon and Schuster

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  Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

  Billie Holiday

  African American, Black, Enough

  Billie Holiday, William Dufty (2011). “Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography”, p.183, Broadway Books

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• Prayer is converse with God, equal honor with the Angels, progress in good things, averting of evils, righting of sinners.

  Ephrem the Syrian

  Prayer, Angel, Evil

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• If you're going to get in the ring and try to take the belt, you have to prepare to get hit.

  Stanley Crouch

  African American, Trying, Belts

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