“Even those who have desired to work out a completely positive philosophy have been philosophers only to the extent that, at the same time, they have refused the right to install themselves in absolute knowledge. They taught not this knowledge, but its becoming in us, not the absolute but, at most, our absolute relation to it, as Kierkegaard said. What makes a philosopher is the movement which leads back without ceasing from knowledge to ignorance, from ignorance to knowledge, and a kind of rest in this movement.” KindHas BeensSaidPhilosophyMovementIgnoranceTaughtBecomingRelationAbsolutesPhilosopherWork Out Book:In Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays Source: In Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays
“In any event, I don't believe in instant philosophy, because interesting problems take a long time to understand and work out. Just think of the problems of truth and justice.” ThinkingBelieveLongPhilosophyProblemJusticeInterestingEventsLong TimeDon't BelieveWork OutInstantTruth And Justice Author:Mario Bunge
“I was occupied by a range of questions, often different from those fashionable in the professional philosophy of the past half century, that have sometimes troubled philosophers in the past. It's taken me several decades to work out my own philosophical agenda, and it is wide.” DifferentSometimesPhilosophyPastMy OwnHalfTakenCenturyPhilosophicalPhilosopherWork OutWideDecadesRangeAgendasFashionable Author:Philip Kitcher