Philosophy Quotes

"The purpose of philosophy is to show the fly the way out of the bottle."

"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."

"Order and progress are the two fundamental laws of social life."

"Philosophy must be based on science, not on speculation."

"The destiny of humanity is to achieve universal brotherhood."

"The heart and the head must work together in harmony."

"The purpose of philosophy is to improve human life."

"We must cultivate the virtues that make us truly human."

"The mind is a pattern of vibrations."

"Consciousness is the universe aware of itself."

"The world as we experience it is fundamentally shaped by our consciousness and intentional acts of perception."

"Intentionality is the fundamental structure through which mind relates to world."

"Every act of consciousness carries within it the structure of intentionality."

"The transcendental ego stands at the center of all intentional acts."

"To philosophize authentically is to engage in the radical questioning of all presuppositions."

"The phenomenological investigation of consciousness has barely begun despite centuries of philosophy."

"Consciousness does not exist in isolation but is always consciousness of something."

"Phenomenology seeks to describe the fundamental structures of human experience without reductionism."

"The critique of objectivism begins with recognizing the active role of consciousness."

"The transcendental dimension of experience opens when we bracket the natural attitude."

"Philosophy's task is to return us to the things themselves, stripped of theoretical overlay."

"Phenomenology reveals that reason itself is embedded in the living present of experience."

"Subjectivity and objectivity are not opposed but intimately interwoven in experience."

"Phenomenology is not a system but an ongoing method of interrogating experience."

"The structure of intentionality shows that mind and world are fundamentally inseparable."

"The most fundamental task of philosophy is to clarify what it means to be conscious."

"The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit."

"A person is but a symbol, a sign pointing to something beyond itself."

"The pragmatist turns toward concreteness and adequacy, toward facts."

"The mind acts upon the external world through signs."