#phil

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

#contemptible #i #look #man #men

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#center #divine #human #meet #moderation

The other thing I felt was that the philosophical concept behind the experiences also looked like it had been designed by technicians and not by entertainers. I felt I needed to grab hold of it and try and push the envelope as much as I possibly could right now. ↗

— Thomas Dolby

#been #behind #concept #could #designed

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#deal #inner #know #philosophy #some

Here's the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don't find it anywhere else. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#else #find #here #i #me

Before Vatican II, in theology, as in other areas, the discipline was fixed. After the council there has been a revolution - a chaotic revolution - with free discussion on everything. There is now no common theology or philosophy as there was before. ↗

— Godfried Danneels

#areas #been #before #chaotic #common

We don't often look into these unpleasant details of our great struggle. We all prefer to think that every man who wore the blue or gray was a Philip Sidney at heart. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#details #every #every man #gray #great

I try--without success--to stop finding reasons for vanity in anything. When I happen to manage it nonetheless, I feel that I no longer belong to the mortal gang. I am above everything then, above the gods themselves. Perhaps that is what death is: a sensation of great, of extreme superiority. ↗

— Emil Cioran

#life_affirming #philosophy #death

Almost all arguments for skepticism make reference to seemingly ridiculous possibilities—we are being deceived by an evil demon, life is just a dream, we are brains in vats. You might propose psychoanalysis, rather than philosophical reflection, for anyone who worries about these possibilities. ↗

— Richard Feldman

#dreams

We have to make philosophy itself an object of philosophical concern. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#itself #make #object #philosophical #philosophy