Category: philosopher
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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
Francis Bacon
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Childhood is the sleep of reason.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
Thomas Aquinas
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis Bacon
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
Marcus Aurelius
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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
Noam Chomsky
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I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.
Bertrand Russell
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God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Francis Bacon
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Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.
Noam Chomsky
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A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.
Bertrand Russell