Philosophy Quotes

"One cannot separate the analysis of economic institutions from their social and political context."

"The economic foundations of our civilization are on the verge of collapse."

"The fundamental economic problem cannot be solved by economics alone."

"The fatal conceit is the idea that man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes"

"Order without design emerges from the interactions of free individuals"

"To grant government the power to improve society is to grant it the power to harm society"

"Those who design institutions often do not understand how they actually function"

"The fatal flaw of socialism is its assumption that knowledge can be centralized"

"Those who believe government should control everything have not thought things through"

"The invisible hand requires invisible participants, not visible planners"

"The pursuit of equality often destroys the very foundation of prosperity"

"Those institutions that survive longest are often those least understood"

"In the quiet moments of reflection, we discover the truths that society would have us ignore."

"Philosophy asks the questions that science cannot answer alone."

"Man is merely matter organized in a particular way."

"The soul is nothing but the body viewed from a certain angle."

"What we call virtue is but refined self-interest properly understood."

"Morality springs from our physical nature, not from any divine source."

"Reason without passion is mere sterile calculation."

"The soul-body division is a pernicious fiction of the clergy."

"Our thoughts are but the vibrations of matter taking complex form."

"What we call conscience is merely the internalization of social conditioning."

"Vice is mere mechanical dysfunction, not moral corruption."

"The self is an illusion created by the brain's mechanical processes."

"Identity persists only so long as the material continuity persists."

"Determinism and freedom are reconciled when we understand mechanism."

"The most fatal conceit is the idea that one group can redesign society from scratch."

"The mind is a sort of theatre, where perceptions make their appearance in continual succession."

"All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth have not any subsistence without a mind."

"What is mind but a collection of perceptions?"