philosophy Quotes

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

Science is nothing but perception.

Knowledge is true opinion.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

Philosophy is the highest music.