Tag: Philosophy
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes
Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi (29 September 1934 – 20 October 2021) was a Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of “flow“, a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity. Read below some Quotes from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually…
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Alexandre Dumas Quotes
Alexandre Dumas was a French writer. His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne:…
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Francis Bacon Quotes
Francis Bacon (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and author. He has been described as one of the greatest thinkers ever whose ideas have changed the way people think. His writings started and made famous a way of thinking about science. This way of thinking is now called the…
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Gaius Musonius Rufus Quotes
Gaius Musonius Rufus was a Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century AD. He taught philosophy in Rome during the reign of Nero. A collection of extracts from his lectures still survives. He is also remembered for being the teacher of Epictetus. He is known as “Roman socrates”. Read below some of the Quotes of…
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Ayn Rand Quotes
Ayn Rand (February 2 1905 – March 6, 1982) was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge and rejected faith and religion. Today,…
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Jesus Christ Quotes
Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble – Matthew 6:34 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you –Matthew 7:7 Do not let your heart be troubled;…
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David Hume Quotes
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of radical philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. Born: May 7, 1711, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Died: August 25, 1776, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. He is happy…
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Thomas Aquinas Quotes
Thomas Aquinas also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino was a Catholic Priest in the Dominican Order and one of the most important Medieval philosophers and theologians.His most influential works are the Summa Theologica and and the Summa contra Gentiles. Born: January 28, 1225, Roccasecca, Italy Died: March 7, 1274, Fossanova Abbey, Priverno, Italy There…
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René Descartes Quotes
René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic. Born: March 31, 1596, France Died: February 11, 1650,Sweden Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. The reading of all good books is like a conversation…
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William James Quotes
William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist. He was also trained as a physician. William James was the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. And, James was one of the leading thinkers of the late nineteenth century. William James is one…
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Charles Bukowski Quotes
Henry Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles. His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women,…
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Miyamoto Musashi ‘s Dokkodo – 21 Rules to Live Your Life
Miyamoto Musashi (1584 – June 13, 1645), also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman. Musashi became renowned through stories of his excellent swordsmanship in numerous duels, even from a very young age. He is the author of The Book of Five Rings, a book…