“Even those who have desired to work out a completely positive philosophy have been philosophers only to the extent that, at the same time, they have refused the right to install themselves in absolute knowledge. They taught not this knowledge, but its becoming in us, not the absolute but, at most, our absolute relation to it, as Kierkegaard said. What makes a philosopher is the movement which leads back without ceasing from knowledge to ignorance, from ignorance to knowledge, and a kind of rest in this movement.” KindHas BeensSaidPhilosophyMovementIgnoranceTaughtBecomingRelationAbsolutesPhilosopherWork Out Book:In Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays Source: In Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays
“What is reality? Is it not merely a term for the philosopher to conjure with, behind which he may craftily conceal his ignorance?” MayRealityTermBehindsIgnorancePhilosopher Author:John Grier Hibben
“Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.” TryingFirstsTwoPlayScienceLanguageIgnoranceFirst TimeEuropePhilosophicalPhilosopherTheatreDespiteFormerLatterMachineryVisitingTheatricalAstronomers Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“Philosopher Bertrand Russell suggested that 'Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.' And, it was Albert Einstein who explained, 'Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' So which is it - stupidity, ignorance or insanity - that explains the behavior of my fellow Americans who call for greater government involvement in our lives?” MenMadeDifferentGovernmentBornResultsGreaterOur LivesStupidIgnoranceBehaviorFellowsPhilosopherStupidityIgnorantInsanityExpectingInvolvementNot StupidGovernment Involvement Book:American Contempt for Liberty Source: American Contempt for Liberty
“Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods.” KnowsMenMeanWould BeReligionWishCausesTakenAtheismIgnoranceFoolAuthorityMiraclePhilosopherStaringAdoreAstonishmentInterpreter Author:Baruch Spinoza