Top 1200 Modern Philosophy Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.

The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady.

Modern man, seeking a middle position in the evaluation of sense impression and thought, can, following Plato , interpret the process of understanding nature as a correspondence, that is, a coming into congruence of pre-existing images of the human psyche with external objects and their behaviour. Modern man, of course, unlike Plato , looks on the pre-existent original images also as not invariable, but as relative to the development of a conscious point of view, so that the word "dialectic" which Plato is fond of using may be applied to the process of development of human knowledge.

My interest in political philosophy was rather casual until I met Hayek.

So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around.

For Guardiola, the system and tactics can change but not the approach, attitude, or philosophy.

Philosophy and Religion-what are they when the wind blows and the water gets up in lumps?

How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry-between say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and chemical manufacturing? The difference seems to be only that in war the victimization of humans is directly intentional and in industry it is "accepted" as a "trade-off." Were the catastrophes of Love Canal, Bhopal, Chernobyl, and the Exxon Valdez episodes of war or of peace? They were in fact, peacetime acts of aggression, intentional to the extent that the risks were known and ignored.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.

I adhere to the philosophy, "I don't care who writes the laws, let me write the songs."

To be nice to people and make them happy - that's my philosophy in life.

I always liked the 'Mad Men' philosophy where people don't really change.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird.

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.

This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin.

I don't subscribe to relativism, whether it's in political philosophy, foreign policy or in life.

In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence, philosophy and logic.

We stink more of the world than we stink of sack cloth and ashes. A lot of contemporary churches today would feel more at home in a movie house rather than in a house of prayer, more afraid of holy living than of sinning, know more about money than magnifying Christ in our bodies. It is so compromised that holiness and living a sin-free life is heresy to the modern church. The modern church is, quite simply, just the world with a Christian T-shirt on!

I have this terrible habit of wanting to try to be consistent and develop a philosophy that's coherent.

I think my opinion of Hollywood must stem from my own, philosophy as a man.

Philosophy is the only excuse God has for his cruelty and vanity.

You know, I've taught philosophy for years and one argues in the hypothetical all the time.

At Harvard College, I discovered political philosophy as a way of life.

Poetry implies the whole truth. Philosophy expresses a particle of it.

Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.

This is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom.

Philosophy is like a normal personal organizer, but it's smaller than a matchbox.

The poet uses the results of science and philosophy, and generalizes their widest deductions.

Humanism is the philosophy that you should be a good guest at the dinner table of life.

Technology at present is covert philosophy; the point is to make it overtly philosophical.

My personal writing philosophy is to try and write better every day.

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

I bought into everything Coach K preached to us. His whole philosophy.

Especially the transcendental philosophy needs the leaven of humor to render it light and digestible.

Philosophy, the love of Wisdom, is at the very bottom defence against the incomprehensible.

All the big problems of the world today are routed in the philosophy of separateness and dualism.

To create a healthy philosophy you should renounce metaphysics but be a good mathematician.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.

My philosophy is always to play forward because goal is the reason of football.

You don't approach a case with the philosophy of applying abstract justice-you go in to win

Go away, you give philosophy nothing to catch hold of.

Philosophy seems to me on the whole a rather hopeless business.

Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself.

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That's something worth achieving.

It is within science itself, and not in some prior philosophy, that reality is to be identified and described.

Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man.

There is no real philosophy until the mind turns around and examines itself.

My philosophy is my learning process. Until you die, you must evolve and improve.

The intricacies of spiritual philosophy and theologies are just a thought within Emptiness.

There is more hope in a heather rose than in all the tons of Teutonic philosophy.

The basically simple things are best, whether it's automobiles or diets or philosophy.

Philosophy can't build bridges, but can encourage people to cross them.

Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever. Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history. . . . All old music was modern once, and much more of the music of yesterday already sounds more old-fashioned than works which were written three centuries ago. All good music, whatever its date, is ageless - as alive and significant today as it was when it was written

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.

That's always been my philosophy. - I've never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.