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Letter "P" » philosopher
«One German makes a philosopher, two a public meeting, three a war.»
«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»
Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
| Keywords:
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«My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.»
Author: Louisa May Alcott
(Author)
| About:
Philosophy
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«It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.»
Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
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chief, concern, occupy, philosopher, skills, The Chief, The Philosopher
«No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.»
«If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| About:
Understanding
| Keywords:
find out, philosopher, says, wants
«I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his ''divine service.''»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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«Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening Star. It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and sheds its radiance upon the quiet tomb. It is the Mother of Art, inspirer of poet, patriot, and philosopher. It is the air and light of every heart, builder of every home, kinder of every fire on every hearth, It was the first dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody. Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings of common clay.»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
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«Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth»
«For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
patiently, philosopher, toothache, toothaches
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