Philosophy Quotes

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

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"To live is to struggle against limits and to find meaning in that struggle."
Thomas Malthus
T
"Man in the state of nature would be happier if he were not capable of improving his condition."
Thomas Malthus
T
"The greatest source of human misery is the discrepancy between desires and means."
Thomas Malthus
T
"The fundamental cause of poverty is the excessive multiplication of the poor."
Thomas Malthus
T
"In the grand scheme of nature, man is but one among many creatures."
Thomas Malthus
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"The most important questions in AI are not technical but human."
Fei-Fei Li
F
"The future of AI depends on how well we understand and respect human values."
Fei-Fei Li
F
"Technology is a reflection of our values and aspirations."
Fei-Fei Li
"The market is not an end in itself, but a means to human flourishing."
Alfred Marshall
"Economic laws are as much laws of human nature as they are laws of production."
Alfred Marshall
"In the dance of supply and demand, human desires are written large upon the earth."
Alfred Marshall
"Every law of economics is, at its core, a law of human behavior."
Alfred Marshall
B
"Philosophy asks the questions that matter most."
Bob Kahn
B
"Philosophy begins with wonder."
Bob Kahn
A
"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions, not providing easy answers."
Andrew Ng
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"We must think globally, act locally."
Vint Cerf
"Economic theory divorced from observation of actual human behavior becomes mere metaphysical speculation."
Thorstein Veblen
"Human nature is not fixed but malleable through institutional pressures and habitual requirements."
Thorstein Veblen
"Economic theory must ground itself in observable behavior rather than abstract mathematical propositions."
Thorstein Veblen
"Economic institutions must be understood as artifacts of history subject to rational redesign and reform."
Thorstein Veblen
D
"Utility is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it."
David Ricardo
D
"The natural tendency of competitive capitalism is toward equilibrium and stability."
David Ricardo
D
"Each individual, in pursuing his own interest, naturally promotes the interest of society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it."
David Ricardo
D
"The tendency of profits to fall is one of the most important laws of political economy."
David Ricardo
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"The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our webness as humans."
Tim Berners-Lee
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"We must think globally about technology."
Tim Berners-Lee
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"The Web teaches us about interconnection."
Tim Berners-Lee
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"Technology should serve humanity, not the other way around."
Fei-Fei Li
F
"Technology can amplify both human greatness and human weakness."
Fei-Fei Li
F
"Every challenge in AI is ultimately a human challenge."
Fei-Fei Li