122 Quotes About Philosphy

  • Author Thomas More
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    For things will never be perfect, until human beings are perfect - which I don't expect them to be for quite a number of years!

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  • Author Laila Lalami
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    Just by saying something was so, they believed that it was. I know know that these conquerors, like many before them, and no doubt like others after, gave speeches not to voice the truth, but to create it.

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  • Author John Perry
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    If you want to know what happiness is, you need to go to the philosophers. Start with the Wikipedia article “Philosophy of Happiness.” Then go to the Stanford Online Encyclopedia of Philosophy, search for “happiness,” and follow through the articles that come up to see what various philosophers have said. Then read the philosophers’ works themselves. By the time you’re done, you’ll probably be dead, whether or not you are happy.

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  • Author Slavoj Zizek
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    What characterizes a really great thinker is that they misrecognize the basic dimension of their own breakthrough.

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