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Philosophy Quotes - Page 68

And though the philosopher may live remote from business, the genius of philosophy, if carefully cultivated by several, must gradually diffuse itself throughout the whole society, and bestow a similar correctness on every art and calling.

David Hume (1826). “The Philosophical Works: Including All the Essays, and Exhibiting the More Important Alterations and Corrections in the Successive Ed. Publ. by the Author”, p.9

When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.

Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.201, Routledge

The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.

Bertrand Russell (2008). “History of Western Philosophy”, p.45, Simon and Schuster