What is the meaning of philosophy? Here are some proverbs and quotes about philosophy .
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
SocratesDimitri: If Atlas holds up the world, what holds up Atlas?
Tasso: Atlas stands on the back of a turtle.
Dimitri: But what does the turtle stand on?
Tasso: Another turtle.
Dimitri: And what does that turtle stand on?
Tasso: My dear Dimitri, it's turtles all the way down!
(unknown author)Tasso: Atlas stands on the back of a turtle.
Dimitri: But what does the turtle stand on?
Tasso: Another turtle.
Dimitri: And what does that turtle stand on?
Tasso: My dear Dimitri, it's turtles all the way down!
How do I know what I think until I hear what I say?
Francis CrickHow do we know that philosophy exists?
MinkukelHow do you know that you know the stuff you think you know?
(unknown author)How should we conduct ourselves?
(unknown author)Philosophical question
How should we govern ourselves?
(unknown author)Philosophical question
I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.
Daniel DennettI mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer.
Richard DawkinsI think, therefore I am.
René DescartesLatin: Cogito, ergo sum
If a lion could talk, we could not understand him.
Ludwig WittgensteinSource: Philosophical Investigations
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
(unknown author)Is happiness just chemicals flowing through your brain or something more?
(unknown author)My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.
Elayne BooslerPhilosophy begins in wonder.
PlatoPhilosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
Ambrose BiercePhilosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Henry AdamsScience gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Will DurantSmall amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
Francis BaconThere are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William ShakespeareThere is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another.
René DescartesThis is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai LamaTo have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.
Blaise PascalWhat is it like to be a bat?
Thomas NagelWhat is knowledge?
(unknown author)Philosophical question
What is the meaning of life?
(unknown author)Who says anything is true?
(unknown author)Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.
Stephen Hawking