Philosophy Quotes

"Philosophy asks the questions that science cannot answer."

"The aim of philosophy is to understand the world, not merely to describe it."

"A man is a rational animal, or so at least we hope."

"We are all prone to the malady of thinking that our opinions are deeply held principles."

"The examined life is the worthy life."

"The virtues are not a luxury but a necessity for human flourishing."

"Moral defects are not mere mistakes but corruptions of the soul."

"Virtue requires both the right feeling and the right understanding."

"The evaluation of intentions matters but does not tell the whole moral story."

"We underestimate the moral importance of what we do out of habit."

"The virtues form a system where each supports and strengthens the others."

"Natural facts about human beings constrain what counts as a virtue."

"Our judgments about virtue must be constrained by facts about human nature and needs."

"The virtuous person has learned to want the right things for the right reasons."

"We cannot understand virtue without understanding human vulnerability and need."

"The good we seek is not merely subjective preference but objective human flourishing."

"The human good is constituted by the exercise of our distinctive capacities."

"The vicious person is fundamentally irrational in their ordering of goods."

"Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity."

"The world is not made up of things but of facts and situations."

"Philosophy begins in wonder and continues through relentless questioning."

"Gravity and grace are the two fundamental principles."

"The greatest good is absolute impossibility."

"All sins are attempts to fill voids."

"Philosophy asks the questions that no one can answer."

"The unconditioned alone has value."

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

"Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think."

"The third-person perspective destroys the meaning of events as they were lived."

"Conscience emerges from the dialogue between persons."