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Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about philosophy, problems

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete...

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

Quote by Karl Jaspers about philosophy

Philosophy is poetry... without feelings.

Philosophy is poetry... without feelings.

Quote by Costel Zăgan about philosophy, feelings, poetry

Philosophy is actually nostalgia - longing to be...

Philosophy is actually nostalgia - longing to be everywhere at home.

Quote by Friedrich Leopold Von Hardenberg about philosophy, longing, melancholia, home

Philosophical theories or ideas, as points of view, ...

Philosophical theories or ideas, as points of view, instruments of criticism, may help us to gather up what might otherwise pass unregarded by us.

Quote by Walter Pater about idea, criticism, help

Philosophers are nor born nor do they die; for once having achieved the realization of immortality, they are immortal....The fool lives but for today; the philosopher lives forever.

Quote by Manly Palmer Hall about philosophy, immortality

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but...

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

Quote by Francis Bacon about philosophy, man, religion, mind

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art....

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

Quote by Paul Gauguin about philosophy, art, magic, beauty

The only true philosophy is the one accepting that Man...

The only true philosophy is the one accepting that Man does neither know the Truth, and implicitly, nor philosophy.

Quote by Sorin Cerin about philosophy, truth, man

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger...

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Quote by Francis Bacon about philosophy, god

It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

Quote by Erykah Badu about magic, heads, philosophy, man, people

I must study politics and war that my sons may have...

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Quote by John Adams about mathematics, philosophy, politics, liberty, war

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about philosophy, virtue, history

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without...

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

Quote by Aristotel about philosophy, law, fear, being

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could...

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Quote by Albert Camus about violence, eternity, philosophy, world

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy...

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Quote by Albert Camus about courage, philosophy

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about philosophy, wisdom, love

My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why...

My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?

Quote by Jackie Collins about philosophy, help, need

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