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Quotes by F. H. Bradley

F. H. Bradley's insights on:

The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.
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The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.
But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.
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But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.
Religion is rather the attempt to express the complete reality of goodness through every aspect of our being.
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Religion is rather the attempt to express the complete reality of goodness through every aspect of our being.
His mind is so open - so open that ideas simply pass through it.
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His mind is so open - so open that ideas simply pass through it.
Up to a certain point every man is what he thinks he is.
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Up to a certain point every man is what he thinks he is.
The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he is even condemned to find much of his own mind.
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The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he is even condemned to find much of his own mind.
The cost of a thing is what I call life which has to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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The cost of a thing is what I call life which has to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct.
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Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct.
Another occupation might have been better.
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Another occupation might have been better.
Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst.
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Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst.
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