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“Without the communist oppression, I am absolutely sure I would now be a local stupid professor of philosophy in Ljubljana.”

Philosophy Stupid Locals Oppression Communist Professors

Author:Slavoj Žižek

“Descartes, the father of modern philosophy ... would never-so he assures us-have been led to construct his philosophy if he had had only one teacher, for then he would have believed what he had been told; but, finding that his professors disagreed with each other, he was forced to conclude that no existing doctrine was certain.”

Ifs Has Beens Philosophy Science Certain Father Teacher Modern Findings Doctrine Professors Constructs Modern Philosophy

Book:Unpopular Essays

Source: Unpopular Essays

“How I understand the philosopher - as a terrible explosive, endangering everthing... my concept of the philosopher is worlds removed from any concept that would include even a Kant, not to speak of academic "ruminants" and other professors of philosophy.”

World Philosophy Speak Terrible Concepts Philosopher Professors Academic Explosives

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“I got an A in philosophy because I proved my professor didn't exist.”

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Author:Judy Tenuta

“Philosophy - reduced, as we have seen, to philosophical discourse - develops from this point on in a different atmosphere and environment from that of ancient philosophy. In modern university philosophy, philosophy is obviously no longer a way of life, or a form of life - unless it be the form of life of a professor of philosophy.”

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Author:Pierre Hadot

“One of the characteristics of the university is that it is made up of professors who train professors, or professionals training professionals. Education was this no longer directed toward people who were to be educated with a view to become fully developed human beings, but to specialists, in other that they might learn how to train other specialists. This is the danger of "Scholasticism," that philosophical tendency which began to be sketched at the end of antiquity, developed in the Middle Ages, and whose presence is still recognizable in philosophy today.”

“Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses taught by extraordinarily knowledgeable professors.”

Philosophy Courses Opportunity Study Taught Economics Architecture Professors Knowledgeable Russian History

Author:Stanley B. Prusiner

“For the purpose of acquiring gain, everything else is pushed aside or thrown overboard, for example, as is philosophy by the professors of philosophy.”

Philosophy Purpose Example Gains Thrown Professors Overboard

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“I did not intend to be a writer. I first wanted to be a lawyer, like my father. Then I got bit by the bug of philosophy and wanted to be a philosophy professor. I went to graduate school and quickly discovered it was impossible for a woman in those days - this was the early fifties - to be a philosopher, so I gave that up.”

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Author:Alix Kates Shulman

“Any questions I had about whether a redneck from Oklahoma could become a Brown Classical Philosophy professor ended when I met Tim [Blake Nelson].”

Philosophy Mets Brown Professors Redneck Nelson Oklahoma Blake

Author:Edward Norton

“There are three traps that strangle philosophy: The church, the marriage bed, and the professor's chair.”

Philosophy Three Church Bed Chairs Professors Traps

Book:Animal Faith and Spiritual Life

Source: Animal Faith and Spiritual Life