Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"To deny the value of sensation is to deny the foundation of all knowledge."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Memory is the bridge between sensation and understanding."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The power of words lies not in their sound, but in the ideas they convey."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The development of reason is the work of a lifetime."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The soul of humanity resides in its capacity for moral reasoning."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"To question is to be alive; to cease questioning is to begin to die."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Society prospers when reason is honored and superstition is questioned."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"To understand human nature is to understand the nature of all things."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Sensation, reflection, memory, and imagination are the four pillars of understanding."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The connection between mind and body is the greatest mystery of philosophy."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The beauty of reason is that it knows no boundaries of time or place."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Reason is not the enemy of passion; it is passion's best friend and guide."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Words are the currency of thought; use them wisely."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"To be human is to be capable of transcending one's immediate sensations through reflection."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The foundation of all ethics is the capacity to understand another's perspective."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Reality is not what we sense directly; it is what we understand through reflection."Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"The ancients understood what we must relearn."Poliziano Angelo
"Philosophy teaches us how to live well."Poliziano Angelo
"Philosophy is the love of wisdom expressed in action."Poliziano Angelo
"I would rather be wrong with reason than right by accident."Émilie du Châtelet
"To accept what is comfortable rather than what is true is the death of the intellect."Émilie du Châtelet
"Nature provides the stage; reason provides the script; we are merely the actors."Émilie du Châtelet
"We are all philosophers in our daily lives, though we do not always recognize ourselves as such."Émilie du Châtelet
"Philosophy is the pursuit of truth through reason."Pico della Mirandola
"Man is the measure of all things."Pico della Mirandola
"The examined life is the only life worth living."Pico della Mirandola
"Philosophy examines the fundamental questions of existence."Giambattista della Porta
"Philosophy teaches us how to think deeply."Giambattista della Porta
"The mind is the true palace; the rest is mere decoration."Catherine de Medici
"The planets influence us less than we influence ourselves."Catherine de Medici