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“A person talks in such generalities that everyone can understand him and it's considered to be some deep philosophy. However, I would like to be very rather more special and I would like to be understood in an honest way, rather than in a vague way.”

Way Persons Philosophy Special Honest Understood Vague Generalities

Author:Richard P. Feynman

“It is impossible to decide whether a particular detail of the Pythagorean universe was the work of the master, or filled in by a pupil a remark which equally applies to Leonardo or Michelangelo . But there can be no doubt that the basic features were conceived by a single mind; that Pythagoras of Samos was both the founder of a new religious philosophy, and the founder of Science, as the word is understood today.”

Source: The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe

“Unless one's philosophy is all-inclusive, nothing can be understood.”

People Philosophy Helping Understood Helping Others Helping Other People

Author:Mary Ritter Beard

“I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly in retrospect, that if I just understood math and physics and philosophy, I could figure out everything else from first principles.”

Ifs Firsts Kind Philosophy Age Young Principles Figures College Illusion Understood Mathematics Math Physics Silly Enjoyed Young Age Retrospect

Author:Erez Lieberman Aiden

“The gems of philosophy are not less precious because they are not understood.”

Philosophy Understood Gems

Author:Giordano Bruno

“When yoga is understood in its totality, it is neither a form of exercise, nor is it an esoteric philosophy or religion; it is a practical and comprehensive science for realizing life's ultimate aims.”

Philosophy Form Realizing Exercise Understood Yoga Ultimate Aim Practicals Comprehensive Totality Esoteric

Author:Rod Stryker

“I do not oppose violence simply because it is counterproductive. I oppose it because it betrays animal rights philosophy. Those who resort to such tactics really have not understood that animal rights is about the extension of moral concern to all sentient beings--humans obviously included.”

Humans Philosophy Animal Moral Rights Violence Understood Concern Animal Rights Betray Extensions Tactics Resorts Sentient Beings Counterproductive

Author:Andrew Linzey