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«There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied with the leftovers at the back door rather than demand a full serving at the family dinner table»
Author: Aaron Henry
| About:
Family,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
back door, dinner table, leftover, leftovers, permitted, reevaluation, serving
«There are very few original thinkers in the world; the greatest part of those who are called philosophers have adopted the opinions of some who went before them.»
«The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.»
Author: Felix Adler
| About:
Ethics,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
affirmation, as such, hideous, morally, outcry, per se, Philosophy of, respected, revered, violated
«There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.»
«There is little of the true philosophic spirit in Aquinas. He does not, like the Platonic Socrates, set out to follow wherever the argument may lead.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Philosophy,
Spirit
| Keywords:
Aquinas, philosophic, platonic, set out, Socrates, The Argument
«The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.»
«There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to work at a higher level than they would have without all that information just a few clicks away.»
Author: Bill Gates
(Entrepreneur, Founder)
| About:
Empowerment,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
click, clicked, clicking, clicks, empowering, workers, work at
«The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.»
Author: Epictetus
| About:
Philosophy
| Keywords:
depend, essence, external, externals, in essence, philosophy, possible, shall
«The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Mankind,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
bring back, depth, estranges, estranging, The God
«There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Philosophy
| Keywords:
contradict, philosopher, philosophers, relied
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