The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of... →
Karl Jaspers
At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.
Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history.
You must remember, my own philosophy is that you don't belong only to yourself. You have an obligation to the society which protected you when... →
Jacob K. Javits
I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek... →
Thomas Jefferson
During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my... →
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.
John Jewel
After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I... →
Ma Jian
Even if we don't know it or aren't aware of it, politics and philosophy are really what make our up lives.
Roland Joffe