#philosopher

The world's philosophers and theologians searched for answers to the same mysteries. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man. ↗

— Diogenes

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A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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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

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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. ↗

— Graham Greene

#been #being #human #human being #human relations

Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

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Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within. ↗

— Edmund Husserl

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He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. ↗

— Douglas Adams

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Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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