Godshawk looked surprised, the way that people generally do when you ask them philosophical questions in shrubberies in the middle of the night.
To him [Faraday], as to all true philosophers, the main value of a fact was its position and suggestiveness in the general sequence of scientific truth.
Taking him for all and all, I think it will be conceded that Michael Faraday was the greatest experimental philosopher the world has ever seen.
Only poets and philosophers see the world as it really is, for only to them is it given to live without illusions. To see clearly is to not act.
As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.
Philosophers say man forms himself in dialogue.
The people who actually make the advances in theoretical physics don't think in these categories that the philosophers and the historians of science subsequently invent for them
A work of art can start you thinking about some aesthetic or philosophical problem; it can suggest some new method, some fresh approach to fiction.
Fundamentally, all art is about human beings. You're always showing larger moral questions through the smaller moral, philosophical, or political choices through one character in the book.
Too many leaders fancy themselves on being philosophers, but not enough pride themselves on decisive action.
A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere.
The idea of Plato that philosophers must be the rulers and directors of society is practiced in India.
I can't do it. I can't get into a philosophical debate with an archangel, knowing how ridiculous it is and how unprepared I am.
Philosophizing is simply one way of being afraid, a cowardly pretense that doesn't get you anywhere.
Trin Tragula—for that was his name—was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher or as his wife would have it, an idiot.
What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.
From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition.
A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading.
I’ve always hated the “Who are you?" question. This is a philosophical inquiry. Answering that question is why we’re on earth. You can’t answer it in thirty seconds or in an elevator.
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
Lawn looked down at his patient. "In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?
