Philosophy Quotes

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

43879 quotes

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"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Cosimo de Medici
"The structure of the body reflects the structure of the universe."
Andreas Vesalius
B
"Nature operates with perfect precision and order."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Nature's laws are consistent and unchanging."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"The universe operates by natural law, not divine whim."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"All natural things follow their own nature."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Natural things act according to their nature."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Nature operates without contradiction or exception."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"To observe nature is to commune with reality."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"The natural world is the text of all truth."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Nature demonstrates the unity of all creation."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Nature's laws are eternal and universal."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Natural law governs all existence."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Nature's order reflects universal principles."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Nature operates with unwavering consistency."
Bernardino Telesio
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"The philosophers have always said that there is a divine plan in all things, and if this is so, then the body must be a manifestation of this plan."
Paracelsus
P
"Man is the measure of all things."
Paracelsus
P
"The invisible world is the real world; the visible world is the illusion."
Paracelsus
P
"The measure of all things is man, but not physical man."
Paracelsus
P
"Man is the measure of all things divine and human."
Paracelsus
E
"Philosophy examines the questions that science cannot answer."
Edward Wotton
E
"Philosophy asks the questions that make us human."
Edward Wotton
C
"The philosopher seeks truth; the merchant seeks profit. Both serve the city."
Cosimo de Medici
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"A nation that forgets virtue will reap only thorns."
Girolamo Savonarola
G
"To abandon principle for comfort is to abandon the soul."
Girolamo Savonarola
G
"The philosopher who loses his virtue has lost his way."
Girolamo Savonarola
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"All things are connected by invisible threads of divine intelligence."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
A
"The universe responds to those who understand its deeper laws."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
A
"The mysteries of existence are written in the fabric of all things."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
A
"Seek balance in all things, for extremes lead to ruin."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius