“ The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ”
- Denis Diderot- Copy
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“ Do not... regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo? ”
- Adlai Stevenson- Copy
- 602
“ These critics organize and practice in my case a sort of obsessive personality cult which philosophers should know how to question and above all, to moderate. ”
- Jacques Derrida- Copy
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“ The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
- 521
“ The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the mullahs of the Christian world are all on the same side. And we are against them all. ”
- Arundhati Roy- Copy
- 533
“ There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. ”
- William James- Copy
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“ Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all other philosophers are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself. ”
- H.L. Mencken- Copy
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“ Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them. ”
- Wallace Stevens- Copy
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“ Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all! ”
- Henry James- Copy
- 557
“ When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers. ”
- Walter Lippmann- Copy
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“ Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ The great critic must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things. ”
- W. Somerset Maugham- Copy
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