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F. H. Bradley was a British philosopher known for his contributions to metaphysics and aesthetics. He was a leading figure in the British Idealism movement and his work had a significant influence on later philosophers.

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All Men Self World Aphorism Knows Mind Blow Fixed Goodness He Man Long May People Persons Reason Seems Self Knowledge Stills Suicidal Suicide

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“My external sensations are no less private to my self than are my thoughts or my feelings. In either case my experience falls within my own circle, a circle closed on the outside... the whole world for each is peculiar and private to that soul.”

World Soul Self Whole Feelings Fall My Own Existence Cases Elements Circles Whole World Sensations Surround Peculiar Spheres My Thoughts Opaque

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“The man whose nature is such that by one path alone his chief desire will reach consummation will try to find it on that path, whatever it may be, and whatever the world thinks of it; and if he does not, he is contemptible.”

Ifs Thinking Men World Trying May Doe Desire Path He Man Chiefs

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“The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.”

World Evil Optimism Necessary Evil

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“It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.”

Knows Men World

Book:F.H. Bradley: Miscellaneous Writings

Source: F.H. Bradley: Miscellaneous Writings

About the Author

Born: January 30, 1846
Died: September 18, 1924
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 34

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