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Philosophy
«Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.»
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
(Author, Philanthropist, Writer)
| About:
Mothers,
Philosophy
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instinctive, philosophers
«Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.»
«I think; therefore I am.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Philosophy,
Thinking
| Keywords:
therefore
«My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.»
Author: Louisa May Alcott
(Author)
| About:
Philosophy
| Keywords:
balloon, balloons, confine, definition, Down to Earth, haul, hauled, hauling, haul up, holding, hold down, philosopher, ropes
«My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate - that's my philosophy»
Author: Thornton Wilder
| About:
Advice,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
cream, ice cream, inquire, plate, whither
«Morally, a philosopher who uses his professional competence for anything except a disinterested search for truth is guilty of a kind of treachery»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Competence,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
morally
«Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Action,
Actors and acting,
Personality,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
performing, temperate
«I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the foreseeable future; however, they will remain the most beautiful sanctuary they have always been for the select few»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Philosophy,
Reason
| Keywords:
foreseeable, guide, however, sanctuaries, sanctuary, select, Selecting, selects
«Knowing who in fact we are results in Good Being, and Good Being results in the most appropriate kind of good doing. But good doing does not of itself result in Good Being. We can be virtuous without knowing who in fact we are. The beings who are merely good are not Good Beings; they are just pillars of society.»