If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body.
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Everyone should have a philosophy for living better.
History should be written as philosophy.
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.
Philosophy is altogether less pure now. It's been impurified by science and social science and history.
Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.
I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.
Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are.
We have to make philosophy itself an object of philosophical concern.