#philosophic

Swing voters are more appropriately known as the 'idiot voters' because they have no set of philosophical principles. By the age of fourteen, you're either a Conservative or a Liberal if you have an IQ above a toaster. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#age #appropriately #because #conservative #either

The modern philosopher had told me again and again that I was in the right place, and I still felt depressed even in acquiescence. But I had heard that I was in the wrong place, and my soul sang for joy like a bird in spring. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#joy #philosophical

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

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#itself #make #object #philosophical #philosophy

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

I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. ↗

— J.B.S. Haldane

#philosophical #science #wisdom #attitude

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#best #done #end #philosophic #philosophy

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#consists #european #footnotes #general #philosophical

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#close #confuse #doors #extent #further

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. ↗