Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Being and nothingness are inseparable concepts"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The absolute is process, not substance"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The unhappy consciousness knows itself as divided"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Desire itself is the essence of consciousness"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The infinite is only in finitude"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Necessity is the nature of spirit"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The finite contains infinite possibilities"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Mediation is the fundamental principle of reality"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Immediacy is always already mediated"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Otherness is essential to the identity of the self"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Spirit knows itself through its objectifications"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The ideal and real must be reconciled in thought"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Becoming is more fundamental than being"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Phenomenology is the science of consciousness appearing to itself"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Appearance and reality must be mediated"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The essence of things is their inner nature revealed through appearance"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Individuality emerges through the universal"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Particularity is the bridge between universal and individual"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The absolute exists only as process"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The infinite qualitatively differs from the finite"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Being is always being-in-relation"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The true infinite embraces its own negation"
Friedrich Hegel
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"Spirit achieves self-awareness through struggle"
Friedrich Hegel
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"The subject-object distinction must be overcome in thought"
Friedrich Hegel
"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions."
John Amos Comenius
"Philosophy teaches us how to live well."
John Amos Comenius
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"We must dare to think about thinking. We must dare to think about life itself."
Paulo Freire
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"Praxis is reflection and action upon the world in order to transform it."
Paulo Freire
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"Language is never neutral."
Paulo Freire
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"In a word problem lies the potential for liberation or domination."
Paulo Freire