Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"Philosophy and physics are deeply intertwined in the search for truth."
George Zweig
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"Magnitude of the universe puts human struggles in perspective."
George Zweig
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom."
Freeman Dyson
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"Philosophy teaches us how to live well."
Freeman Dyson
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"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
Murray Gell-Mann
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"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
Murray Gell-Mann
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"There is a tendency for the thing being made to be made in the image of the maker."
Murray Gell-Mann
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"The deepest questions are often the simplest ones."
Murray Gell-Mann
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"The universe does not care about our theories; it simply is."
Murray Gell-Mann
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"Consciousness is the phenomenon whereby the universe knows itself."
Roger Penrose
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"The mind creates reality through observation."
Roger Penrose
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"Philosophy is the foundation of all inquiry."
Roger Penrose
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"Consciousness is perhaps the greatest mystery of all."
Roger Penrose
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"Philosophy questions what science takes for granted."
Roger Penrose
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"The universe is a self-synthesizing machine."
John Wheeler
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"The universe does not exist 'out there' independent of us. We are inescapably involved in bringing about that which appears to be happening."
John Wheeler
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"Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real."
John Wheeler
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"The quantum principle is like a Kantian synthetic a priori principle."
John Wheeler
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"The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent."
John Wheeler
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"The participatory universe takes this view of reality seriously."
John Wheeler
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"Every phenomenon is created by the observer."
John Wheeler
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"The paradox of the observer is the paradox of existence."
John Wheeler
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"We are part of the universe looking at itself."
John Wheeler
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"Determinism is a myth."
John Wheeler
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"Consciousness is the basis of reality."
John Wheeler
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"The observer makes the universe real."
John Wheeler
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"Reality is participatory."
John Wheeler
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"The universe is one vast interconnected whole."
John Wheeler
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"Everything is everything else."
John Wheeler
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"The observer and the observed are one."
John Wheeler