Philosopher Quotes - Page 17
The act of philosophizing involves the character of the philosopher.
"Science and Wisdom". Book by Jacques Maritain (p. 207), 1954.
By legend and perhaps by nature philosophers are more accustomed to the armchair than the workbench.
Ian Hacking (1983). “Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science”, p.136, Cambridge University Press
Ian Hacking (2006). “The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference”, p.58, Cambridge University Press
There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers
'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'
"Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.
There is no record in human history of a happy philosopher: they exist only in romantic legend.
"Mencken Chrestomathy".
Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.14, Simon and Schuster
George Santayana (2015). “Character and Opinion in the United States”, p.21, Sheba Blake Publishing
George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy”, p.203, The Floating Press
'Ecce Homo' (1908) 'Die Unzeitgemässen' sect. 3
Frederic William Farrar (1875). “Seekers After God”, p.32
I was a poet animated by philosophy, not a philosopher with poetic faculties.
Fernando Pessoa (2007). “The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa”, p.35, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.