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75 Epictetus Quotes on Life, Philosophy and Empowerment. Kellye Fox. July 27, 2024 at 8:40 AM. Epictetus was a Greek philosopher from present-day Turkey. He was born into slavery around 55 AD and ...
50 Aristotle Quotes on Philosophy, Virtue and Education. Morgan Bailee Boggess. April 6, 2024 at 8:25 AM. Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle statue.
Philosophical pessimism is a philosophical tradition which argues that life is not worth living and that non-existence is preferable to existence. Thinkers in this tradition emphasize that suffering outweighs pleasure, happiness is fleeting or unattainable, and existence itself does not hold inherent value or an intrinsic purpose.
Socrates believed that philosophy – the love of wisdom – was the most important pursuit above all else. For some, he exemplifies more than anyone else in history the pursuit of wisdom through questioning and logical argument, by examining and by thinking.
Used by early mathematicians including Euclid (Elements, 1.4), Aristotle (APo.90b34), and Archimedes, written at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument, to signify the proof as complete. Later it was latinized as "QED" or the Halmos tombstone box symbol. Ὁ σῴζων ἑαυτὸν σωθήτω.
Many of these quotes come from historical changemakers, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, and great writers and philosophers, such as Maya Angelou and Audre Lorde.
Emil Cioran's works are permeated with philosophical pessimism, [3]: 176 [100] and deal with topics including failure, suffering, decay, existentialism and nihilism. Lacking interest in traditional philosophical systems and jargon, he rejects very early abstract speculation in favor of personal reflection and passionate lyricism.
Latin philosophical phrases (1 C, 50 P) Pages in category "Philosophical phrases" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.