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    Sublime Philosophy!
    Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
    And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
    We see thee like the patriarch, but in dreams,
    By the first step,--dull slumbering on the earth.

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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

by Søren Kierkegaard Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is read more

How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
Where no crude surfeit reigns.

by John Milton Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices read more

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

by Eleanor Roosevelt Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.

by Denis Diderot Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

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No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand read more

No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. - Spinster.

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Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)

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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become read more

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.

by Socrates Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by read more

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

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