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It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French
Philosopher
Born:
Jun 28
,
1712
Died:
Jul 2
,
1778
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There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
Plato
Humanity
World
Political
Political Power
Will
Power
Become
Philosophers
Philosophy
States
Rulers
Those
Kings
Troubles
Thus
Come
Call
Till
Truly
End
Itself
Hands
Same
Really
Now
When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
Diogenes
Man
Science
Men
Nothing
Philosophers
Prophets
Priests
Wisest
Look
Contemptible
Beings
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
Isaac Asimov
Today
Science
Become
Saved
Philosophers
Our
Critics
Seem
Trivial
Individual
Crucial
Science Fiction
Salvation
Essence
May
Fiction
Stories
Ever
Core
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
Abigail Adams
Women
Heroes
Philosophers
Statesmen
Learned
Mean
Should
Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
Diogenes
Good
Philosophers
Greatest
Dogs
Get
Fewest
Rewards
Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.'
Immanuel Kant
War
Will
Evil
Philosophers
Bad
More
Said
Praise
Begets
Greek
Than
Forgetting
Mankind
Who
Even
Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.
Thomas Aquinas
Big
Lover
Philosopher
Philosophers
Philosophy
Way
Alike
Fables
Poetic
Poets
Myths
Arises
Bound
Because
His
His Way
Wonder
Being
Awe
I notice that young men go to the universities in order to become doctors or philosophers or anything, so long as it is a title, and that many go in for those professions who are utterly unfit for them, while others who would be very competent are prevented by business or their daily cares, which keep them away from letters.
Galileo Galilei
Daily
Business
Men
Long
Doctors
Become
Young
Cares
Others
Philosophers
Those
Would
Would-Be
Go
Very
Unfit
Order
Anything
Which
While
Title
Young Men
Them
Notice
Who
Many
Keep
Professions
Away
Letters
Utterly
Competent
Universities
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Consistency
Philosophers
Minds
Statesmen
Adored
Foolish
Little
Little Minds
Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.
Deepak Chopra
Sad
Time
Me
Creativity
Reflection
Will
Free
Free Will
Think
Imagination
Meditation
Philosophers
Philosophy
Way
Inquiry
Intuition
Insight
Given
Self
Contemplation
Importance
Because
Scientists
Domain
Role
Any
Place
Which
Many
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