Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"The human being is composed of visible and invisible parts."Paracelsus
"Philosophy is valuable only when it leads to holiness; otherwise it is mere sophistry."Girolamo Savonarola
"The universe is a sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere."Nicodemus Copernicus
"Man's place in the cosmos is humbling, yet his mind is boundless."Nicodemus Copernicus
"In the face of infinity, all our certainties crumble—and that is good."Nicodemus Copernicus
"We are all philosophers when we gaze upon the stars with genuine wonder."Nicodemus Copernicus
"In the vast cosmos, we find both our insignificance and our significance."Nicodemus Copernicus
"We are all temporary arrangements of eternal matter."Nicodemus Copernicus
"We are made of the dust of stars, and to the stars our questions return."Nicodemus Copernicus
"In the grand machinery of the universe, we are both insignificant and essential."Nicodemus Copernicus
"Every organ has a purpose; every purpose has a design."Andreas Vesalius
"The body is a book written in the language of creation."Andreas Vesalius
"Every structure in the body tells a story of purpose."Andreas Vesalius
"The body speaks louder than any doctrine."Andreas Vesalius
"Each organ is a miracle of engineering and purpose."Andreas Vesalius
"The universe speaks in symbols to those who have learned the language of the stars."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"The separation between the natural and supernatural is merely a failure of understanding."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"The study of correspondence teaches us that we are never truly separate from the All."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"Philosophy is the art of asking questions so profound that the answers transform us."Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
"We are part of nature, not separate judges of it."Bernardino Telesio
"All natural phenomena possess internal principles that govern their behavior."Bernardino Telesio
"To live according to nature is to live according to reason."Bernardino Telesio
"To philosophize is to learn how to observe nature with precision."Bernardino Telesio
"Nature teaches that all things are interconnected and interdependent."Bernardino Telesio
"Nature operates according to principles that are rational, consistent, and knowable."Bernardino Telesio
"The natural order is the foundation upon which all human order should rest."Bernardino Telesio
"The study of nature is both humbling and empowering in equal measure."Bernardino Telesio
"The wise man questions everything, especially his own wisdom."Cosimo de Medici
"In every man lives a philosopher; we simply need to ask the right questions."Cosimo de Medici
"To understand the world, one must first understand the nature of one's own perception."Edward Wotton