philosophy

"For myself, I am an optimist — it does not seem to be much use being anything else."

"Being a dad changes everything for the better and I’m really enjoying it."

"We are incapable of making fundamental errors as being discussed in media. Our report will make clear all doubts on fallacies being talked about."

"In connection with Kant we must here begin by speaking of Jacobi, whose philosophy is contemporaneous with that of Kant; in both of these the advance beyond the preceding period is very evident. The r…"

"I loved the opportunity to think about the big questions philosophy asks, and the rigorous way in which philosophy trains the mind to answer them. What is ultimately real? Why is there something rathe…"

"3082. To what Purpose shouldest thou seek great Things for thyself in the World? or having obtained them, prize them at any considerable Rate? or value thyself upon them? seeing thou knowest not, but …"

"Be straightforward. Look at things like a man, like a human being, like a citizen, like a mortal."

"The theory of probability combines commonsense reasoning with calculation. It domesticates luck, making it subservient to reason."

"Each act of aggression, each new expedition of conquest is prefaced by a pronouncement containing a moral justification and an assurance to the victims of the imperial aggression that all is being don…"

"Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being."

"You can talk to the man. He is reasonable, and sees your point of view, if you point it out properly."

"Stallman's answers to 25 user-submitted questions"

"My friends, I tell you that hitherto you have been prevented from even knowing what happiness really is, solely in consequence of the errors — gross errors — that have been combined with the fundament…"

"I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches."

"An antitechnological movement that focused on the elimination of capitalism would gain little in return for an enormous expenditure of energy. What is worse, by focusing on capitalism the movement wou…"

"When saw me he appeared a good deal surprised, and asked me how I came back? I answered, 'In a ship.' To which he replied dryly, 'I suppose you did not walk back to London on the water.' As I saw, by …"

"All war propaganda consists, in the last resort, in substituting diabolical abstractions for human beings. Similarly, those who defend war have invented a pleasant sounding vocabulary of abstractions …"

"My work comes first, reasons for it follow."

"I can see myself before myself—a being through dark scenery."

"As a human being it is just my nature to enjoy and share philosophy. I do this in the same way that some birds are eagles and some doves, some flowers lilies and some roses."