PHILOSOPHERS Flashcards
LIFE IS NOT A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED, BUT A REALITY TO BE EXPERIENCED.
KIERKEGAARD
GOOD ACTIONS GIVE STRENGTH TO OURSELVES AND INSPIRE GOOD ACTIONS IN OTHERS
PLATO
LIVE YOUR LIFE AS THOUGH YOUR EVERY ACT WERE TO BECOME A UNIVERSAL LAW
KANT
GENIUSES ARE LIKE THUNDERSTORMS, THEY GO AGAINST THE WIND, TERRIFY PEOPLE AND CLEANSE THE AIR.
KIERKEGAARD
AN UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING
SOCRATES
A WISE MAN PROPORTIONS HIS BELIEF TO EVIDENCE
HUME
OUR HEART IS RESTLESS UNTIL IT RESTS IN YOU
ST AGUSTINE OF HIPPO
SCIENCE IS ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGE. WISDOM IS ORGANIZED LIFE
KANT
RHTYHM AND HARMONY FIND THEIR WAY INTO THE INWARD PLACES OF THE SOUL
PLATO
IT IS BETTER TO CHANGE AN OPINION THAN TO PERSIST A WRONG ONE
SOCRATES
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO BE FOOLED, ONE IS TO BELIEVE WHAT ISNT TRUE AND THE OTHER IS TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT WHAT IS TRUE
KIERKEGAARD
OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD IS BASED ON SENSE IMPRESSIONS
HUME
THE SECRET OF CHANGE IS TO FOCUS ALL OF YOUR ENERGY NOT ON FIGHTING THE PASS, BUT ON BUILDING THE NEW
SOCRATES
TO SING IS TO PRAY TWICE
ST AGUSTINE OF HIPPO
HOPE IS A PASSION FOR THE POSSIBLE
KIERKEGAARD
COURAGE IS KNOWING WHAT NOT TO FEAR
PLATO
LIFE HAS ITS OWN HIDDEN FORCES WHICH YOU CAN ONLY DISCOVER BY LIVING
KIERKEGAARD
BEAUTY IN THINGS EXISTS IN THE MIND WHICH CONTEMPLATES THEM
HUME
THE GOOD MAN, THOUGH A SLAVE IS FREE. THE WICKED, THOUGH HE REIGNS IS A SLAVE
ST AGUSTINE OF HIPPO
MORALITY IS NOT PROPERLY THE DOCTRINE OF HOW WE MAKE OURSELVES HAPPY, BUT HOW WE MAKE OURSELVES WORTHY OF HAPPINESS
KANT
NEVER DISCOURAGE ANYONE WHO CONTINUALLY MAKES PROGRESS. NO MATTER HOW SLOW.
PLATO
DO IT OR DONT DO IT. YOU WILL REGRET BOTH.
KIERKEGAARD
A MAN WHO AS A PHYSICAL BEING IS ALWAYS TURNED TOWARD THE OUTSIDE, THINKING YHAT HIS HAPPINESS LIES OUTSIDE HIM FINALLY TURNS INWARD AND DISCOVERS THAT THE SOURCE IS WITHIN HIM.
KIERKEGAARD
THERE IS NOTHING HIGHER THAN REASON
KANT
I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF MYSELF AS I AM, BUT MERELY AS I APPEAR TO MYSELF
KANT
DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT
KANT
HE THINKS THAT DOING THINGS FOR ONESELF IS JUSTLY
PLATO
I CANNOT TEACH ANYBODY ANYTHING, I CAN ONLY MAKE THEM THINK
SOCRATES
THE GOOD ARE UNWILLING TO RULE, EITHER FOR THE MONEY’S SAKE OR HONOR. SO THEY MUST BE FORCED TO CONSENT UNDER THREAT OF PENALTY. THE HEAVIEST PENALTY FOR DECLINING TO RULE IS TO BE RULED BY SOMEONE INFERIOR TO YOURSELF. THAT IS THE FEAR, I BELIEVE, THAT MAKES DECENT PEOPLE ACCEPT POWER
PLATO
KNOW THYSELF
SOCRATES
