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“It might be plausibly maintained, that in almost every one of the leading controversies, past or present, in social philosophy, both sides were in the right in what they affirmed, though wrong in what they denied.”

Philosophy Might Past Social Sides Denied Both Sides Controversy

Book:Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical

Source: Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical

“A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I'm a rather bad guide.”

Important Philosophy Sides Streets Opposites Guides

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Skepticism literally means a thoughtful inquiry, the looking at a problem in a disinterested spirit, the surveying of a question from many sides. In this sense it is the very essence of philosophy and science.”

Mean Philosophy Problem Spirit Sides Essence Thoughtful Skepticism Inquiry Disinterested

Book:The Field of Philosophy: An Outline of Lectures on Introduction to Philosophy

Source: The Field of Philosophy: An Outline of Lectures on Introduction to Philosophy

“Everything is subtle. Everything has a million sides. Everything is a manifestation of god. Everything is light. All beings are infinite. All things are perfect, in their own way.”

Way Philosophy Light Sides Perfect Millions All Things Infinite Manifestation Subtle

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Me, what's that after all? An arbitrary limitation of being bounded by the people before and after and on either side. Where they leave off I begin, and vice versa.”

People Art Philosophy Sides History Vices Limitation Arbitrary Vice Versa Before And After

Book:The Turtle Diary

Source: The Turtle Diary

“When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.”

Art Philosophy Artist Sides History Angel Desert

Book:The collected works of Aldous Huxley

Source: The collected works of Aldous Huxley

“If you dropped me off a space platform onto the ground where a line was drawn, I would fall to the left side of it. I believe the difference between right and left is that the right, for the most part, the bulk of their philosophy is interested in property, and the rights of people to own property and gain and acquire and keep property. And I think on the left - though they blend and mix - on the left primarily you will find people who are more concerned about humans, and the human condition, and what can be done.”

People Ifs Thinking Believe Humans Done Philosophy Fall Left I Believe Sides Differences Lines Space Rights Conditions Gains Concerned Property Acquire Human Condition Platforms

Author:George Carlin

“Neither party has God on its side, a monopoly on good ideas, or a lock on any single fiscal, social, or moral philosophy.”

Ideas Philosophy Social Sides Party Moral Good Ideas Locks Monopoly Moral Philosophy

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the people and that gave no victory to either side.”

People Should Philosophy Sides Differences Party Clear Victory Should Have Institutions Agreement Ireland Northern Ireland

Author:John Hume

“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.”