There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.
Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.
It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views.
Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.
Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.
If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of this earth.
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy.
I'm an artist, not a philosopher.