PP H H II LL O O SS O O PP H H YY
A medley of intellectually profound quotes from Ancient Greek Philosophers to today’s greatest thinkers.
P H I L O S O P H Y
“ “ Elsa Mae Brydalski
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Philosophy is the undercurrent of humanity. I’ve hand picked some of the most insightful quotes spanning thousands of years, took words from each of them, and rearranged them into new quotes. What’s interesting is, they can be mixed up and rearranged, yet one thing remains,
Wisdom.
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins with wonder. Plato
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The most beautiful arrangement is a pile of things poured out at random. Theophrastus
R Philosophy begins with
A
pile of
things
poured out at
random
In every direction the extension is endless, the sensation of depth is overwhelming. Carl Sagan
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. Democritus
How does the water of the brain turn into the wine of consciousness? David Chalmers
water & winds
How does the depth of
turn into the sensation of the brain?
Pure conciousness is endless
I’m not that keen on the idea of being unconscious. Christopher Hitchens
If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream. RenĂŠ Magritte
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Plutarch
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I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. Socrates
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. Aristotle
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind. Plato
soul soul soul mind ? Is the
a reality created by the
I do not know.
Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. Epicurus
The Pale Blue Dot, the only home we’ve ever known. Carl Sagan
W By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. Richard Dawkins
W When we exist, the pale blue dot drops out.
You shouldn’t say ‘animals’ to distinguish between humans and nonhumans. We are all animals. Peter Singer
The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. Aristotle
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. Albert Einstein
we are all
permanently in a state of
exper exper exper iment iment iment ation ation ation
Beyond the rightness or wrongness of things there is a field, I’ll meet you there. Rumi
Do not try to fix whatever comes in your life. Fix yourself in such a way that whatever comes, you will be fine. Sadhguru
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them. Friedrich Nietzsche
YOU WILL FIND A
field OF
LIFE
BEYOND THE ROAD OF ROCKS AND STONES
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are part of nature, and, therefore, part of the mystery that we are trying to solve. Max Planck
It’s true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder. Christopher Hitchens
A thought is an idea in transit. Pythagoras
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Albert Einstein
In the last analysis, we ourselves are a thought, an idea, an illusion in the eye of the beholder.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras
beau The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle. Richard Dawkins
Water flowed and flowed, it was contantly flowing, and yet it was there; it was eternally the same and yet new at every moment. Hermann Hesse
Every
moment
utiful
in your life was more
than the humming of the strings
Pythagoras 570-495 BC Socrates 470-399 BC Democritus 460-370 BC Plato 424-348 BC Aristotle 384-322 BC Theophrastus 371-287 BC Epicurus 341-270 BC Plutarch 46-119 AD Rumi 1207-1273 Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900 Max Planck 1858-1947 Hermann Hesse 1877-1962 Albert Einstein 1879-1955 RenĂŠ Magritte 1898-1967 Carl Sagan 1934-1996 Richard Dawkins 1941- Current Peter Singer 1946- Current Christopher Hitchens 1949-2011 Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev) 1957- Current David Chalmers 1966- Current
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