Philosophy Quotes

"The soul is but a word without a body to give it meaning."

"To deny the body is to deny the very foundation of existence."

"The mechanical philosophy reveals the harmony hidden within all being."

"Materialism is simply realism applied with intellectual honesty."

"Movement is the fundamental property of all existence."

"The soul is a word we use when we fail to understand the body."

"The tragedy of human existence is that we understand so little of what we are."

"Philosophy is not a collection of doctrines but a way of life and a perpetual inquiry into being."

"The human soul yearns for transcendence and meaning beyond the mere satisfaction of appetite and desire."

"Philosophy invites us to examine assumptions we usually take for granted and see them anew."

"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."

"I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas."

"The theory of economics does not furnish a body of settled conclusions immediately applicable to policy."

"Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist."

"Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own."

"The economic life of Britain is a whole, and you cannot deal with one part of it separately."

"The problem of the twentieth century is how to organise a system so that it will really answer the questions it proposes to answer."

"A monetary economy, we shall find, is essentially one in which changing views about the future are capable of influencing the present situation."

"A man may be convinced of a very absurd thing if he thinks long about it."

"All our political philosophers seem agreed in thinking that if we once admit the principle, the details must follow."

"The vulgar tongue is the language of the people"

"Mythology expresses philosophical truths"

"Society emerges from human nature"

"The barbarism of reason precedes enlightenment"

"Philosophy begins with wonder"

"The measure of crimes ought to be the harm done to society."

"Laws must be adapted to the character and circumstances of the people they govern."

"The cultivation of reason and virtue is the true path to social harmony."

"The true purpose of law is to promote the happiness and security of all citizens."

"Laws should be designed to prevent crime, not merely to punish it."