#philosopher

For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#assaulted #being #centuries #christianity #distinguished

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#philosophy #time #true

A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions. ↗

— James Payn

#case #evil #folks #great #hope

It has often struck me that the relation of two important members of the social body to one another has never been sufficiently considered, or treated of, so far as I know, either by the philosopher or the poet. ↗

— James Payn

#been #body #considered #either #far

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game. ↗

— Octavio Paz

#call #game #invention #philosophers #turn

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. ↗

— Plato

#feeling #philosopher #philosophy #wonder

A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#convinced #great #growing #increasingly #influential

I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category. ↗

— Sun Ra

#category #i #minister #philosopher #politician

The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and distrust it. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#every #guiding #life #motto #natural

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#existence #exists #merely #philosopher #poet