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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 a philosopher.

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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 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.

by James A. Froude 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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Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.

Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently.

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If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the read more

If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the A-B-C of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

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Every clarification breeds new questions.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

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The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.

The Beginning of Philosophy . . . is a Consciousness of your own
Weakness and inability in necessary things.

by Epictetus Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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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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The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can read more

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.

by E. W. Dijkstra Found in: Philosophy Quotes,
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