Good humor is a
Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. Ernest Renan
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Good humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. Ernest Renan
… clothes sometimes gave one more of a lift than any philosophic comforting. Erich Maria Remarque
PoincarĂ© [was] the last man to take practically all mathematics, pure and applied, as his province. … Few mathematicians have had the breadth of philosophic vision that PoincarĂ© had, and none in his superior in the gift of clear exposition. Eric Temple Bell
Atheism … in its philosophic aspect refuses allegiance not merely to a definite concept of God, but it refuses all servitude to the God idea, and opposes the theistic principle as such. Gods in their individual function are not half as pernicious as the principle of theism which represents the belief in a supernatural, or … Read more
Imagine, capitalist America also divides the anarchists into two categories, philosophic and criminal. The first are accepted in highest circles; one of them is even high in the councils of the Wilson Administration. The second category, to which we have the honor of belonging, is persecuted and often imprisoned. Yours also seems to be a … Read more
Paul Brunton’s Notebooks are a veritable treasure-trove of philosophic-spiritual wisdom. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
In a very philosophic sense I think doing the work is itself a good thing. But at the end of the day, since we’re taking other people’s shekels to do it, and their work is being able to make a return out of it, it forces you to consider the fact that you’re doing it … Read more
To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues. Edward Gibbon
But how shall we excuse the supine inattention of the Pagan and philosophic world to those evidences which were presented by the hand of Omnipotence, not to their reason, but to their senses? During the age of Christ, of his apostles, and their first disciples, the doctrine which they preached was confirmed by innumerable prodigies. … Read more
I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. Edgar Quinet