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To comprehend what is, is the task of philosophy: and what is is Reason.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel1770–1831Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1820), Preface
Philosophy will not be able to effect an immediate transformation of the present condition of the world. This is not only true of philosophy, but of all merely human thought and endeavor. Only a god can save us.
Martin Heidegger1889–1976Only a God Can Save Us (1966; 1976)
- God
I am fascinated by the idea that our civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.
Werner Herzogborn 1942Herzog on Herzog (2002)
It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect.
Hermann Hesse1877–1962Siddhartha (1922)
- Love
As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
Hermann Hesse1877–1962Steppenwolf (1927), Treatise on the SteppenwolfIn context
Never judge a philosophy by its abuse.
Augustine of Hippo354–430
Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.
Augustine of Hippo354–430De Libero Arbitrio (388—395)
- Theology
Leasure is the mother of Philosophy; and Common-wealth, the mother of Peace, and Leasure
Thomas Hobbes1588–1679Leviathan (1651), Part IV: Of the Kingdome of Darknesse, Chapter XLVIIn context
I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be — that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.1841–1935“Law and the Court” (1913)
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
David Hume1711–1776An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)
Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.
David Hume1711–1776An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)
- Life & Death
Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination, and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers.
David Hume1711–1776A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), Book 1: Of the understanding, Part 4, Section 7
- Thinking
Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.
David Hume1711–1776A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), Book 1: Of the understanding, Part 4, Section 7
- Religion
Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.
Aldous Huxley1894–1963
- Theology
Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.
Aldous Huxley1894–1963Themes and Variations
- Religion