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Does Philosophy Need Quotes? [closed]
When writing about colour science, I noticed a sharp boundary between science and philosophy. Science did not use quotes. Philosophy thrived on them.
Natural Philosophy used to encompass all ...
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Looking for a Heidegger quote
The other day I found a quote that’s attributed to Heidegger in a book
I’m reading:
Imagine an awareness that sees to the heart of suffering with no urge to fix anything. Imagine this awareness is ...
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Looking for a Nietzsche quote!
I was wondering whether anyone could help me find the source of the following excerpt from Haruhiko Shiratori's Japanese translation of Nietzsche's works: "ニーチェ［超］入門 生きるための哲学." Granted, I ...
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Which ancient philosopher compared thoughts to birds?
I half remember a quote by some ancient Greek philosopher about thoughts being like birds and the art of thinking being having the right bird/thought come when you need/call it.
I can't find that ...
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What is the meaning of this Zaman Ali quote? [closed]
“Creating individuality, which creates and protects others' individualities is good.”
― Zaman Ali
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Where does Thomas Aquinas give this definition of beauty?
Everyone quotes Thomas Aquinas as defining beauty as "id quod visum placet." No one gives a citation. Can any of you folks supply such citation?
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What are the sources of popular Camus quotes?
I'm tracking down sources of Albert Camus quotes (because Goodreads can suck it). Who can add to this list? I'm not allowed to comment on this site.
"There is but one truly serious philosophical ...
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Did Socrates say: "Strong minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; weak minds discuss people."?
Where did Socrates say or did Aristotle quote Socrates saying:
Strong minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; weak minds discuss people.
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Who is the original source of the quote, "People that cannot distinguish rocks from coconuts exhibit a pitiable but praiseworthy tendency to die?"
I'd like to find the author and source of a quote. I recall it as:
People that cannot distinguish rocks from coconuts exhibit a pitiable but praiseworthy tendency to die before reproducing their kind....
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Nietzsche on subconscious self-justification
What is the quotation of Nietzsche where he says that he found himself somehow subconsciously lying to himself in order to feel better about something he did?
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Help sourcing a quote - "There is no doctrine so invalid..."
Recently a quote popped into my head, which I recall as a Bishop Berkeley proposition. But on further looking into the matter, I can't seem to find it. It's within the general area of the following:
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Thomas Merton quote
We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have—for their usefulness. ~...
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When did Walter Benjamin say "We collect books in the belief that we are preserving them when in fact it is the books that preserve their collector"?
In for instance this source, it is stated that Walter Benjamin once said or wrote the following:
"We collect books in the belief that we are preserving them when in fact it is the books that ...
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What is the meaning of this Voltaire quote?
What is the meaning of this Voltaire quote ?
Nos cinq sens imparfaits, donnés par la nature, de nos biens, de nos
maux sont la seuls mesure.
I can't even parse this sentence.
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Is there a quote arguing for soul's existence similar to "I cannot believe that the difference between man and a watch lies in complexity alone."
A friend remembers a quote that argues for the existence of the soul that is similar to "I cannot believe that the difference between man and a watch lies in complexity alone." We interpret ...
