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Quotations regarding 'Philosophy'

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The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open.
John Berger, English Artist (1926-  )
There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.
Henri Bergson, French Scientist (1859-1941)
There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician.
Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch Mathematician (1700-1782)
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.
Annie Besant, English Philosopher (1847-1933)
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist (1842-  )
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.
Augustine Birrell, English Author (1850-1933)
The Occultists, however, know that the traditions of Esoteric Philosophy must be the right ones, simply because they are the most logical, and reconcile every difficulty.
H. P. Blavatsky, Russian Philosopher (1831-1891)
It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and philosophy, that we can, by checking them as we go along, and comparing them, trace out finally the body that produced them.
H. P. Blavatsky, Russian Philosopher (1831-1891)
The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even they wavered.
Don Bluth, American Artist (1937-  )
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader (1769-1821)
Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
Daniel Boone, American Explorer (1734-1820)
In fact - statistically, as you know - people have done polls, research, and at least 80 percent or more or working media are liberal Democrats if they are involved with any party and certainly liberal in their philosophy.
Pat Boone, American Musician (1934-  )
I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.
Max Born, German Mathematician (1882-1970)
The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household.
Amar Bose, American Inventor (1929-  )
It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.
Alain de Botton, English Writer (1969-  )
Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.
Marvin Bower, American Businessman (1903-2003)
When we say that Philosophy tries to clear up the meanings of concepts we do not mean that it is simply concerned to substitute some long phrase for some familiar word.
Charles D. Broad, -
It should now be clear why the method of Philosophy is so different from that of the natural sciences. Experiments are not made, because they would be utterly useless.
Charles D. Broad, -
To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.
Thomas Browne, British Scientist (1605-1682)
One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
John Burroughs, American Author (1837-1921)
 
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