"There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be."
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"How I understand the philosopher - as a terrible explosive, endangering everthing... my concept of the philosopher is worlds removed from any concept that would include even a Kant, not to speak of academic "ruminants" and other professors of philosophy."
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"All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values."
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"Your dog is your only philosopher."
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"The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity."
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"States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers."
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"Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to love the truth."
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"Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities."
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"To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher."
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"This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."
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"The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and distrust it."
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"It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life."
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"I am. I think. I will."
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"The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence."
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"The philosopher cannot seriously put to himself questions that his civilization has not lived."
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"What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head."
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"He raged for hours. And the skeleton, ever the frail and solelmn philosopher, hung quietly inside, saying not a word, suspended like a delicate insect within a chrysalis, waiting and waiting."
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"A philosopher once said, 'It is necessary for the very existence of science that the same conditions always produce the same results.' Well, they don't!"
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"To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly."
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"Why is it apparently the philosopher who is expected to be "easier" and not some scientist or other who is even more inaccessible to the same readers?"
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