Great Philosophers

I think you must

I think you must remember that a writer is a simple-minded person to begin with and go on that basis. He’s not a great mind, he’s not a great thinker, he’s not a great philosopher, he’s a story-teller. Erskine Caldwell

I’m the best promoter

I’m the best promoter in the world because I haven’t taken a day off work since I left the penitentiary, and because I have read all the great philosophers like St. Thomas Aquinine. Don King

Kantians are saddled with

Kantians are saddled with absolutist views, Aristotelians are accused of vagueness, and there is almost no horror to which Consequentialists are innocent of, according to some critics. While all these families of views have been victimized in these ways, Consequentialists have gotten the worst of it. I think this may have something to do with … Read more

Great philosophers become immortal

Great philosophers become immortal – they make undeniable impacts on culture. Criss Jami

The only way to

The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it. Christopher McDougall

The great philosophers are

The great philosophers are poets who believe in the reality of their poems. Antonio Machado

Love: A temporary insanity

Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage. Ambrose Bierce

Good comedians are great

Good comedians are great philosophers. Reggie Watts

Future generations may or

Future generations may or may not judge Wittgenstein to be one of the great philosophers. Even if they do not, however, he is sure always to count as one of the great personalities of philosophy. From our perspective it is easy to mistake one for the other; which he is time will tell.
A.C. Grayling