Philosophy Quotes

"The historian's duty is to record, not to judge; to observe, not to condemn."

"The seeker of truth must be willing to abandon cherished beliefs when evidence demands it."

"If cattle and horses and lions had hands, or could paint with their hands and create works such as men do, horses like horses and cattle like cattle also would paint the form of the gods like their own."

"The Ethiopians make their gods black and snub-nosed; the Thracians say theirs have red hair and blue eyes."

"In every person lies the potential for both greatness and error."

"The cosmos cares nothing for human suffering or joy; it simply is."

"The study of philosophy is the study of existence itself."

"The philosopher's question is often more valuable than the answer."

"Air and aether are the divine principles of all things."

"Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is unmixed with anything."

"The universe is governed by reason, not by the whims of gods."

"The mind, though immaterial, governs all material reality."

"To live according to nature is to live according to reason."

"Matter infinite and eternal contains all possibilities."

"Mind separates itself from matter by thought alone."

"All beings participate in the universal order."

"Reason governs the visible and invisible alike."

"The material world is sustained by immaterial mind."

"Mind arranges all things in accordance with intelligible principles."

"To deny the rational order is to deny reality itself."

"The mind moves unmoved through all things."

"The mind separates itself by knowing itself."

"He who seeks the truth must first question his own beliefs."

"Nothing comes from nothing, nor does anything pass into nothingness."

"All things move through the infinite emptiness toward their nature."

"The atom knows no birth or death, only transformation and rearrangement."

"The universe operates by immutable laws, not by the whims of gods."

"All apparent qualities arise from the arrangement of invisible atoms."

"The universe requires no maker, only atoms and void operating eternally."

"What seems separate is united by the unseen atoms that compose it."