#phil

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. ↗

— Andre Gide

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In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort. ↗

— William Gilbert

#common #conjectures #demonstrated #discovery #experiments

Philosophy is for the few. ↗

— William Gilbert

#philosophy

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection. ↗

— William Godwin

#derived #ever #existed #introspection #mainly

Die Religion...ist das Opium des Volkes ↗

— Karl Marx

#religion #religion

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#country #curiosity #goes #guided #himself

You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy. ↗

— Michel Gondry

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I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

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The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating. ↗

— Andrew Goodman

#even #freedom #frustrating #must #road

I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth. ↗

— Nelson Goodman

#am #concerned #dreamt #earth #heaven