Philosophy Quotes

"The search for what is common to all instances of a concept may well be futile."

"The unity of the person is not a matter of strict identity, but of psychological continuity."

"The descriptive content of demonstratives is secondary to their referential role."

"Persons are not objects in the world; they are subjects for whom there is a world."

"The self is neither a Cartesian ego nor a mere bundle, but a living, embodied subject."

"The fact that language can mislead us is not an argument against ordinary language philosophy."

"Persons cannot be reduced to physical systems without remainder."

"The traditional correspondence theory of truth misconceives the relationship between language and reality."

"We are embodied subjects, and this embodiment is essential to who and what we are."

"The nature of persons is revealed through attending to the actual texture of human life and interaction."

"The human condition is not exhausted by existentiality."

"We are not thinking beings that act, but acting beings that think."

"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either bad or good."

"We discover meaning when we are forced to act."

"The world is not composed of essences but of appearances."

"The distinction between the mental and physical is not ultimately real; human action involves both inseparably."

"Intention is not merely a mental state; it is revealed through our actions and behavior."

"Modern ethics has abandoned the notion of human telos to its great detriment."

"Language misleads us when we forget its ordinary uses and functions."

"The will is not separate from understanding; they work together in action."

"The reduction of all value to preference or utility impoverishes moral thought."

"The concept of mental events without physical embodiment is incoherent."

"Human acts are intelligible only within a framework of purposes and meanings."

"The lived world is prior to any abstract theoretical description of it."

"Intention goes all the way down into the particularity of human action."

"Modern philosophy's rejection of teleology has left us adrift in value questions."

"We cannot understand human action without reference to human purposes and ends."

"We must ask not only what we do, but why we do it and what it means."

"The categories we use to describe human action shape what we can understand."

"The modern world has lost touch with classical understanding of human excellence."