Please State Your Favorite Philosopher quote.
2007-10-03 15:35:55 · 10 answers · asked by Moses 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
please say who they are by!
2007-10-03 15:57:35 · update #1
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
"Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?"
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
"Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level and beat you with experience."
"I plan to live forever. So far, so good"
Some aren't philosophers but whatever, these are my current favourites
2007-10-03 15:43:23 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew E 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
“Pleasure is good and pain is evil, but not all pleasure is worthy of pursuit nor should all pain be avoided.”
“Goodness lies in wisdom, self-control, and perfecting the soul.”
The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself. ~Bertrand Russell
Being a philosopher, I have a problem for every solution.
Robert Zend
In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.
Timothy Leary
If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
Frederick The Great (Frederick II)
2007-10-03 15:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"everyone who might sacrifice a touch liberty for a touch secure practices merits neither and could lose the two." Ben Franklin Its why, in spite of each and all of the criticism, the US is the superb usa interior the worldwide. i comprehend we've our subject concerns, (as an occasion, the creation of the dep. of native land secure practices is a blow to this ideal), yet as an entire, we are the forerunners of libertarianism.
2016-10-06 01:46:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To accept a favour from a friend is to bestow one - John Churton Collins.
You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough - William Blake
2007-10-03 17:21:15 · answer #4 · answered by Freddy F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.- Soren kierkegaard
2007-10-03 16:01:00 · answer #5 · answered by erin_gahan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every step so backward is a step forward- Emerson
Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today.- James dean
2007-10-03 16:12:37 · answer #6 · answered by jake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average man thinks he isn't
2007-10-03 15:45:48 · answer #7 · answered by God Told me so, To My Face 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
think for your self question authority- timothy leery- Socrates
2007-10-03 16:13:48 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs ACO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The World is all that is the case" Wittgenstein
2007-10-03 22:15:12 · answer #9 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" The more I work the more lucky I am " - JFK.
2007-10-03 16:30:51 · answer #10 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋