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    Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,
    And had read ev'ry text and gloss over
    Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath,
    He understood b' implicit faith.

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I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, read more

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. - The Upton Letters.

by A. C. Benson Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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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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Sublime Philosophy!
Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
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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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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

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

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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

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Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
[Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.]

Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.
[Fr., La clarte est la bonne foi des philosophes.]

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When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know read more

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy

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I'll give thee armor to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though read more

I'll give thee armor to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though thou art banished.

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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.

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