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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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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.

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Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

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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.

by Lord Chesterfield Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

by Henry Brooks Adams Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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I think; therefore I am.

I think; therefore I am.

by Rene Descartes Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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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.]

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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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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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