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I have been accused of a habit of changing my opinions. I am not myself in any degree ashamed of having changed my opinions. What physicist who was al...more

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The fact is you cannot be intelligent merely by choosing your opinions. The intelligent man is not the man who holds such-and-such views but the man w...more

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The accusation of metaphysics has become in philosophy something like the accusation of being a security risk in the public service. I do not for my p...more

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Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.

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My desire and wish is that the things I start with should be so obvious that you wonder why I spend my time stating them. This is what I aim at becaus...more

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The 'practical' man, as this word is often used, is one who recognizes only the material needs, who realizes that men must have food for the body, but...more

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The world of being is unchangeable, rigid, exact, delightful to the mathematician, the logician, the builder of metaphysical systems, and all who love...more

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Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possiblities which ...more

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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

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The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his a...more

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There is a widespread philosophical tendency towards the view which tells us that Man is the measure of all things, that truth is man-made, that space...more

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Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?

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It is true that the modern Christian is less robust, but that is not thanks to Christianity; it is thanks to the generations of freethinkers, who from...more

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It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and t...more

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Это не вина психологии романтиков, это их стандарт ценностей. Они восхищаются сильными страстями, безразлично какого рода и каковы бы ни были их социа...more