Philosophy Quotes

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

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"Custom is the law that mortals mistake for divine command."
Xenophanes
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"The mind is more than the body."
Aristophanes
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"Leisure is the father of philosophy."
Aristophanes
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"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Aristophanes
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"Philosophy is the art of living well."
Aristophanes
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"The gods envy us our youth, though they would never admit it."
Sappho
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"Some say what is most beautiful is cavalry, some infantry, some sailors—but it is whatever you desire."
Sappho
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"That man is foolish who believes he can command the heart to feel or not feel."
Sappho
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"The greatest thing is mind, which orders all things and pervades all things."
Anaxagoras
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"All things contain something of everything else."
Anaxagoras
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"Mind alone is infinite and eternal, all else is finite."
Anaxagoras
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"The mind that orders the cosmos must transcend all limitation."
Anaxagoras
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"All motion in the universe stems from mind and its purposes."
Anaxagoras
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"The cosmos itself is a work of supreme intelligence."
Anaxagoras
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"The mind's work is to bring order from the chaos of sensation."
Anaxagoras
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"The mind that orders all things stands apart from all things."
Anaxagoras
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"In the mixture of all things, unity is hidden."
Anaxagoras
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"Mind is not bound by the limits of space or time."
Anaxagoras
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"The mind that comprehends all things is itself incomprehensible."
Anaxagoras
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"The mind of the universe is infinitely superior to human minds."
Anaxagoras
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"The universe is a song sung by an eternal intelligence."
Anaxagoras
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"The mind orders the world, but the mind itself remains mysterious."
Anaxagoras
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"The mind that perceives order creates order."
Anaxagoras
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"In the smallest moment lies eternity; in the smallest space, infinity."
Anaxagoras
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"What we call reality is the interaction of infinite possibilities."
Anaxagoras
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"The mind alone can bridge the gap between the finite and infinite."
Anaxagoras
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"The universe is ordered by a principle that transcends human comprehension."
Anaxagoras
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"The boundless is the primary principle of all things; from it all things arise and to it all return."
Anaximander
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"The world is not created by any God, but evolves according to natural law."
Anaximander
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"In the vastness of the boundless, humanity is both insignificant and essential."
Anaximander