Quotes on Philosophical

Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science

And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.

I didn't have a philosophical understanding of music until I came to New York. I didn't understand how it applied to my kind and my generation. I thought it was just old people talking.

The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.

Science is a human activity, and the best way to understand it is to understand the individual human beings who practise it. Science is an art form and not a philosophical method. The great advances in science usually result from new tools rather than from new doctrines. ... Every time we introduce a new tool, it always leads to new and unexpected discoveries, because Nature's imagination is richer than ours.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploration.

I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Courage is a kind of salvation.