“One could say that what differentiates ancient from modern philosophy is the fact that, in ancient philosophy, it was not only Chrysippus or Epicurus who, just because they had developed a philosophical discourse, were considered philosophers. Rather, every person who lived according to the precepts of Chrysippus or Epicurus was every bit as much a philosopher as they.” PersonsPhilosophyFactsBitsModernPhilosophicalAncientPhilosopherDiscourseDifferentiateModern PhilosophyAncient Philosophy Author:Pierre Hadot
“We must not leap to the fatalistic conclusion that we are stuck with the conceptual scheme that we grew up in. We can change it, bit by bit, plank by plank, though meanwhile there is nothing to carry us along but the evolving conceptual scheme itself. The philosopher's task was well compared by Neurath to that of a mariner who must rebuild his ship on the open sea.” WellsBitsSeaGrewGrew UpTasksPhilosophicalPhilosopherStuckShipsConclusionEvolveLeapSchemesMariners Author:Willard Van Orman Quine
“You remind me of the Siberian hunting spider, which adopts a highly convincing limp in three of its eight legs in order to attract its main prey, the so-called Samaritan squirrel, which takes pity on the spider, and then the spider jumps on it and injects the paralyzing venom, while the squirrel remains bafflingly philosophical about the whole thing. Not to be confused with the Ukrainian hunting spider, which actually has got a limp and is, as such, completely harmless, and a little bit bitter about the whole thing.” LittlesWholeHumorFunnyOrderThreeBitsLittle BitPhilosophicalRemainsLegsEightPityBitterConfusedHuntingSpidersPreyConvincingSquirrelsVenomUkrainianSamaritans Author:Bill Bailey
“One of the recurring philosophical questions is: 'Does a falling tree in the forest make a sound when there is no one to hear?' Which says something about the nature of philosophers , because there is always someone in a forest. It may only be a badger, wondering what that cracking noise was, or a squirrel a bit puzzled by all the scenery going upwards, but someone.” MayDoeFallBitsSoundWonderTreePhilosophicalPhilosopherForestsNoiseScenerySquirrelsPuzzledRecurringBadgersPhilosophical Questions Book:Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13) Source: Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)
“I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience. I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories. Aside from the science aspect of it, the philosophical possibilities are so interesting.” I CanReadingBitsInterestingBrainPossibilityTheoryMajorsAspectPhilosophicalNeuroscienceGeekDiscussingEnglish MajorBrain Science Author:William Mapother
“Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the Aristotelians but you have Scepticism, you have Stoicism, you even have a little bit of Epicureanism. And what happens after Plotinus is that everybody becomes a Neo-Platonist. So if we then go forward to the Islamic world for example, Plotinus is immensely influential, and Neo-Platonism becomes at least one major component of mainstream Islamic philosophy as well.” IfsWorldWellsLittlesStillsPhilosophyHappensSchoolBitsCenturyExampleMajorsLittle BitConcernPhilosophicalIslamicMainstreamStoicismComponentsInfluentialScepticismEpicureanism Author:Peter Adamson
“When our tools are broken, we feel broken. And when somebody fixes one, we feel a tiny bit more whole.” FeelsWholeBitsBrokenToolsPhilosophicalTiny Author:Jonathan Ive
“You ask a philosopher a question and after he or she has talked for a bit, you don't understand your question any more.” AsksBitsPhilosophicalPhilosopher Author:Philippa Foot