“Dwellers by the sea cannot fail to be impressed by the sight of its ceaseless ebb and flow, and are apt, on the principles of that rude philosophy of sympathy and resemblance... to trace a subtle relation, a secret harmony, between its tides and the life of man... The belief that most deaths happen at ebb tide is said to be held along the east coast of England from Northumberland to Kent.” MenSaidPhilosophyHappensBeliefSecretPrinciplesFailingSeaFlowSightEnglandRelationHarmonyEastSubtleTidesImpressedRudeCoastResemblanceEast CoastEbb And FlowDwellersKent Author:James G. Frazer
“I thought I might teach philosophy but the atmosphere of a college faculty repelled me; the few islands of greatness seemed to be washed by seas of pettiness and mediocrity.” PhilosophyMightTeachSeaGreatnessCollegeAtmosphereIslandsFacultyMediocrityPettiness Author:I. F. Stone
“If I had to pick one tribe to go back and live with permanently - and I hate doing this, it's not a contest - it would be the people of Anuta, in the South Pacific. It's got white beaches, blue seas, good food and gentle, friendly people who have a wonderful philosophy of sharing. And it's warm.” PeopleIfsPhilosophyWould BeHateWhiteWonderfulSeaPicksI HateBlueSouthWarmBeachGentleFriendlyTribesContestsPacificGood FoodBlue Sea Author:Bruce Parry
“A good rule of angling philosophy is not to interfere with any fishermans ways of being happy, unless you want to be hated.” WayWantPhilosophySeaRiversFishesBoatHatedLakesFishingInterfereAngling Book:Gulf Stream Fishing Source: Gulf Stream Fishing
“But ah, to fish with a worm, and then not catch your fish! To fail with a fly is no disgrace: your art may have been impeccable, your patience faultless to the end. But the philosophy of worm-fishing is that of results, of having something tangible in your basket when the day's work is done.” MayHas BeensArtEndsDonePhilosophyResultsFailingSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingWormsDisgraceTangibleBasketsImpeccable Book:Fishing with a Worm Source: Fishing with a Worm
“Philosophical studies are beset by one peril, a person easily brings himself to think that he thinks; and a smattering of science encourages conceit. He is above his companions. A hieroglyphic is a spell. The gnostic dogma is cuneiform writing to the million. Moreover, the vain man is generally a doubter. It is Newton who sees himself in a child on the sea shore, and his discoveries in the colored shells.” ThinkingMenWritingChildrenPersonsPhilosophyMillionsStudySeaDiscoveryPhilosophicalVainCompanionShoreSpellsDogmaShellsPerilConceitNewtonDoubtersHieroglyphicsCuneiform Author:Robert Aris Willmott
“My position is a naturalistic one; I see philosophy not as an a priori propaedeutic or groundwork for science, but as continuous with science. I see philosophy and science as in the same boat--a boat which, to revert to Neurath's figure as I so often do, we can rebuild only at sea while staying afloat in it. There is no external vantage point, no first philosophy.” FirstsPhilosophySeaFiguresPositionPhilosophicalBoatStayingNaturalismVantage PointGroundwork Author:Willard Van Orman Quine
“What is peddled about nowadays as philosophy, especially that of N.S. [National Socialism], but has nothing to do with the inner truth and greatness of that movement [namely the encounter between global technology and modern humanity] is nothing but fishing in that troubled sea of values and totalities.” PhilosophyValuesSeaMovementGreatnessFishingTotality Author:Martin Heidegger
“Paris, hours in the café, a certain spirit of rebellion, one side a bit too stubborn, the sea, the true, in Bretagne, the walking in Provence, the taste, the passion for literature, the libraries, the beautiful editions, remaking the world in a set of hours around a table and a bottle of wine. Talking without really saying nothing, just for the pleasure of talking. The museums, the theatres, the elegance, the delicacy, the heritage of the Illustration, a humanistic philosophy. The balance we got between a nordic rigor and a latin savoir-vivre, the insolence and the freedom.” WorldPhilosophyBeautifulSpiritCertainPassionLiteratureBitsSidesHoursPleasureTalkingSeaBalanceWalkingTasteTablesWineLibraryTheatreParisRebellionLatinBottlesMuseumsHeritageStubbornEleganceIllustrationDelicacyRigorHumanisticInsolenceBottles Of WineSaying NothingProvenceNordic Author:Clemence Poesy