Augustus William Hare Quotes about Philosophy

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To know the hight [sic] of a mountain, one must climb it.

To know the hight [sic] of a mountain, one must climb it.

Philosophy, Mountain, Climbs

How often one sees people looking far and wide for what they are holding in their hands? Why! I am doing it myself at this very moment.

Augustus William Hare

Philosophy, Hands, People

Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”

Poetry is to philosophy what the Sabbath is to the rest of the week.

Augustus William Hare

Philosophy, Poetry, Week

Julius Charles HARE (Archdeacon of Lewes. and HARE (Augustus William)), Augustus William HARE (1847). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers. Third edition. First Series”, p.14

In science its main worth is temporary, as a stepping-stone to something beyond. Even [Newton's] Principia ... is truly but the beginning of a natural philosophy. Co-author with his brother Julius Hare.

Augustus William Hare

Brother, Philosophy, Science

Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.

Augustus William Hare

Philosophy, Christianity

When a watch goes ill, it is not enough to move the hands; you must set the regulator. When a man does ill, it is not enough to alter his handiwork, you must regulate his heart.

Augustus William Hare

Philosophy, Moving, Heart