Philosophy Quotes

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

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"In seeking truth, we inevitably seek ourselves."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"Nature operates without contradiction; all apparent conflicts have explanations."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"What we believe about the world shapes what we can discover."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"To question is to be alive; to accept without question is to merely exist."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Dogma is the death of discovery."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"The study of motion in the heavens reveals the motion of our own souls."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"The universe does not require our approval to exist; it requires our understanding."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"To pursue knowledge is to pursue the very nature of existence."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"From time immemorial, a certain man is born who is the noblest work of God."
Francesco Petrarch
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"The human mind is a restless thing."
Francesco Petrarch
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"To question is to honor both reason and faith."
Matteo Ricci
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"A deed done with pure intention yields eternal rewards."
Matteo Ricci
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"The voice of reason is always worth listening to, even when it whispers softly."
Matteo Ricci
"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."
Gerolamo Cardano
"The mind is its own place, and can make a hell of heaven or heaven of hell."
Gerolamo Cardano
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Juan Luis Vives
"Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom through questioning the very nature of existence."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Philosophy is the love of wisdom."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Philosophy teaches us how to live well."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"The mind of man is this the place the seeds of actions are conceived."
Francis Bacon
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"The human understanding is like a false mirror."
Francis Bacon
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"Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only a method of avoiding the consequences of vice."
Francis Bacon
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"There is a superstition in avoiding superstition."
Francis Bacon
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"The human understanding is moved by those things which strike and enter the mind simultaneously and suddenly."
Francis Bacon
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"There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."
Francis Bacon
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"Philosophy is not merely thought; it is a way of living with intention."
Christine de Pizan
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"Philosophy begins in wonder and often ends in questions."
Christine de Pizan
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"What appears as coincidence is often the work of hidden connections."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"What appears random often follows a hidden order."
Giovan Battista della Porta