Philosophy

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PHILOSOPHY: Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know. (Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel Laureate, 1872-1970)
PHILOSOPHY: A recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgment. (Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55-135 A.D.)
PHILOSOPHY: The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. (Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and leader in understanding atomic structure and quantum theory for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1885-1962)
PHILOSOPHY: The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman and social reformer, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)
PHILOSOPHY: Philosophy is doubt. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre, 1553-1592)
PHILOSOPHY: In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way. (Havelock Ellis, English physician, writer, and progressive social reformer who studied human sexuality, 1859-1939)
PHILOSOPHY: Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy. (Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824)
PHILOSOPHY: The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, and advocacy for separation of church and state, 1694-1778)