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Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. - What We Live By.
All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. - What We Live By.
He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.
He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.
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.
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all read more
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
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.]
Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by
category-disciplines.
Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by
category-disciplines.
