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The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's. ↗

— Dean Inge

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IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one particular Form of Government: It extends to the Subjects of all regular States, lawfully established. ↗

— Charles Inglis

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But I'm not objective when I'm acting. ↗

— Laura Innes

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If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours. ↗

— Leonard Nimoy

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Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#first #great #importance #lastly #life

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged. ↗

— Spiro T. Agnew

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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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