Philosopher Quotes - Page 7

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

How I understand the philosopher - as a terrible explosive, endangering everthing... my concept of the philosopher is worlds removed from any concept that would include even a Kant, not to speak of academic "ruminants" and other professors of philosophy.

Every philosophy is the philosophy of some stage of life.

A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject.

I am. I think. I will.

Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.

This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion.

Englishmen are babes in philosophy and so prefer faction-fighting to the labour of its unfamiliar thought.

The philosopher cannot seriously put to himself questions that his civilization has not lived.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.

Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.

He raged for hours. And the skeleton, ever the frail and solelmn philosopher, hung quietly inside, saying not a word, suspended like a delicate insect within a chrysalis, waiting and waiting.

I already knew about this friendship between St. John Paul II and this philosopher [Ana Teresa Tymieniecka] when I was in Buenos Aires. It was known. Also her books are known.

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.

Your dog is your only philosopher.

Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to love the truth.

Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.

To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.

Philosophy is everybody's business.

It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one.

Cowardice was undoubtedly one of the most terrible vices - thus spoke Yeshua Ha-Nozri. 'No, philosopher, I disagree with you: it is the most terrible vice!

Most contemporary philosophers are conservative and eager to keep their jobs.