#phil

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence? ↗

— James Thomson

#beauty #elevating #enthusiasm #i #know

The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation. ↗

— Miriam Beard

#beyond #calculation #philanthropy #results

Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost. ↗

— Julien Benda

#arts #been #discovered #doubtful #lost

The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect. ↗

— Gilles Deleuze

#philosopher #reflect

The terrible error in the course of human civilization is undoubtedly the defective judgment that allowed religious authorities usurp the foundation of societal morality, in which all collective ethics of humankind must take a cause. This appalling blunder is comparable only to assigning the leper exclusive franchise to run beauty clinics in the society; this can only lead to cycles upon cycles of common infection syndrome. ↗

— Adebowale Ojowuro

#ethics-and-moral-philosophy #freethought #new-book #religion #scepticism

The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later. ↗

— Doug Collins

#am #finals #four #going #heart

The road to success runs uphill. ↗

— Willie Davis

#runs #success #uphill

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#existence #exists #merely #philosopher #poet

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#enslave #necessary #only #philosophy #popular

Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy. ↗