Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Meaning emerges at the intersection of body and world."Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"We are condemned to interpret ourselves and our world."Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"The structure of expression mirrors the structure of being."Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"Being is fundamentally mysterious and inexhaustible."Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"Ambiguity is not a defect but a fundamental feature of being."Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"Existence involves a perpetual negotiation with otherness."Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"Being-in-the-world is not a relationship but a fundamental condition."Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"We are beings who must continually interpret our own existence."Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"The body is not an object we have but the being we are."Maurice Merleau-Ponty
"To be is to be the value of a variable"Willard Van Orman Quine
"No entity without identity"Willard Van Orman Quine
"The ontological commitments of a theory are what it presupposes as real"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Categories are human constructs"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Indeterminacy is fundamental to language"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Reference is not a simple relation"Willard Van Orman Quine
"The web of belief forms a coherent whole"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Analytic truths rest on meaning alone"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Identity over time requires careful analysis"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Objects are bundles of properties"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Quantification reveals ontological commitment"Willard Van Orman Quine
"The world does not come pre-packaged with meanings"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Every statement has truth conditions"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Abstract objects require justification"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Sets and classes pose ontological problems"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Translation is never perfect"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Meaning is determined by use in context"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Philosophy must be rigorous and precise"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Essentialism often misleads philosophy"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Universals present deep logical puzzles"Willard Van Orman Quine
"Nominalism offers simpler ontological foundations"Willard Van Orman Quine