#philosophers

My opinions about human nature are shared by many psychologists, linguists, and biologists, not to mention philosophers and scholars going back centuries. ↗

— Steven Pinker

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I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. ↗

— Hippolyte Taine

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Most mothers are instinctive philosophers. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

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When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities. ↗

— Walter Mosley

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Poets are the sense, philosophers­­ the intelligence­­ of humanity. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

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The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies. ↗

— Mortimer J. Adler

#children #curiosity #knowledge #philosophers #philosophy

I have heard your orators speak on many questions. One among them the so-called vital question of money which is above all things the most coveted commodity but I, as a Hindu, as a Jainist, in the name of my countrymen and of my country, would offer you as the medium of the most perfect exchange between us, henceforth and forever, the indestructible, the unchangeable, the universal currency of good will and peace, and this, my brothers and sisters, is a currency that is not interchangeable with silver and gold, it is a currency of the heart, of the good life, of the highest estate on the earth and it is the currency of heaven. ↗

— Virchand Raghavji Gandhi

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Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it. ↗

— Epictetus

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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence. Much the same is true of philosophers, historians and literary critics. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

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