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Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every
assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every
assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar read more
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. - Memories and Milestones.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and
expeller of vices! What could we and every age of read more
O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and
expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been
without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men
scattered about into the social enjoyment of life.
[Lat., O vitae philosophia dux! O virtutis indagatrix,
expultrixque vitiorum! Quid non modo nos, sed omnino vita
hominum sine et esse potuisset? Tu urbes peperisti; tu
dissipatos homines in societatum vitae convocasti.]
The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our
difference: to be in hell is to drift: to read more
The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our
difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to
steer.
