William James Quotes
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
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I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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My philosophy is to be me.
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Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
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Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.
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Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis – huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.
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To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
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We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.
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Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.
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I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian philosophy in your work.' They're looking for a superficial skin-level Indian-ness, which I'm not about.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.
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Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling.
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I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.
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I like to cook with the philosophy of using great ingredients and not altering them too much.
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I don't read for plot, a story 'about' this or that. There must be some kind of philosophical depth rendered into the language, something happening.
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My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.
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One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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Philosophy can make people sick.
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My first degree was in mathematics. That was great, but it didn't help with many of the things that puzzled me. I became a philosopher because I wanted to understand everything, especially those things that didn't make sense. And that has continued to be my philosophical motivation. That's one reason I have such a roving philosophical eye - once I have figured out a philosophical topic to my satisfaction, I find myself moving on to new problems.
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I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the Moment. Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet.
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That is NOT the arse of a £7million player!
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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
