Philosophical literature

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For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.

Francis Bacon

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Nature of knowledge Knowledge

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, ch. 1, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 1, sect. 3.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

Shunryu Suzuki

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Open-mindedness Clean slate Possibility Acceptance

Author

Shunryu Suzuki

Source

Zen Mind, Beginnner's Mind

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Weatherhill, 1970. Originally a talk given at his Zen center in c. 1969, Los Altos, CA, USA.

A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are.

Shunryu Suzuki

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Closed-mindedness Open-mindedness Habits Acceptance

Author

Shunryu Suzuki

Source

Zen Mind, Beginnner's Mind

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Weatherhill, 1970. Originally a talk given at his Zen center in c. 1969, Los Altos, CA, USA.

Everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology, whether we passionately affirm or deny it.

Martin Heidegger

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Topic

Downsides of technology Technology

Author

Martin Heidegger

Source

The Question Concerning Technology

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Original Citation

Heidegger, Martin. Vorträge und Aufsätze. Garland Publishing, 1954.

Current Citation

Heidegger, Martin. "The Question Concerning Technology." The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays. Harper Perennial, 2013.

All religion, however, is nothing but the fantastic reflection in men's minds of those external forces which control their daily life.

Friedrich Engels

Anti-Duhring

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Religion

Author

Friedrich Engels

Source

Anti-Duhring

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

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Engels, Frederick. "Herrn Eugen Dührings Umwälzung der Wissenschaft [Herr Eugen Dühring's Revolution in Science]." Vorwärts, 1878.

Current Citation

Engels, Frederick. "Anti-During." Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works. Vol. 25, Int Pub Co Inc, 1987, pt. 3, ch. 5.

Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."

Erich Fromm

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Erich Fromm

Source

The Art of Loving

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Fromm, Erich. The Art of Loving. Harper & Brothers, 1956, ch. 2.

Maximilien Robespierre was nothing but the hand of Jean Jacques Rousseau, the bloody hand that drew from the womb of time the body whose soul Rousseau had created.

Heinrich Heine

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French Revolution Power of ideas Politics is downstream of culture

Author

Heinrich Heine

Source

Germany After Luther

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

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Heine, Heinrich. "De l'Allemagne depuis Luther [Germany after Luther]." Revue des deux Mondes, Dec. 1834.

Current Citation

Heine, Heinrich. "On the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany." On the History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany and Other Writings, translated by Howard Pollack-Milgate, edited by Terry Pinkard. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

Aldous Huxley

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Technological progress Progress

Author

Aldous Huxley

Source

Ends and Means

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Huxley, Aldous. Ends and Means (an Enquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization). Chatto & Windus, 1937, ch. 1.

As for rioting, the old Roman way of dealing with that is always the right one; flog the rank and file, and fling the ringleaders from the Tarpeian rock.

Thomas Arnold

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Topic

Riots Law and order

Speaker

Thomas Arnold

Source

Culture and Anarchy

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew. Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869. Originally published in Cornhill Magazine, 1868.

If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense.

Bertrand Russell

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Evidence

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

Is There a God? The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "Is There a God?" The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, edited by John G. Slater and Peter Köllner. Vol. 11, Routledge, 1997. Originally commissioned by Illustrated magazine, 1952. Unpublished.

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers.

Nicolas Chamfort

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Intelligence Ideas

Author

Nicolas Chamfort

Source

Maximes et Pensées

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

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Citation

Chamfort, Nicolas. Maximes et Pensees. c. 1796, no. 29.

There are no races: there is nothing in the world that can do all we ask race to do for us.

Kwame Anthony Appiah

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Race

Author

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Appiah, Kwame Anthony. In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture. Methuen/Oxford University Press, 1992, ch. 2.