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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.
When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities.
It is, I think, particularly in periods of acknowledged crisis that scientists have turned to philosophical analysis as a device for unlocking the riddles of their field. Scientists have not generally needed or wanted to be philosophers.
Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.
We were promised a society of philosophers. But the Blogosphere is looking more and more like a nation of ankle-biters.
Philosophy was once considered science.
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.
Philosophy is for the few.
There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another.
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