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My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with

My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down. – Louisa May Alcott, in Life, Letters, and Journals, ed. E.D. Cheney, 1889

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Philosophy is a mental concept of the universe. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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What is the first business of philosophy? To part with self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows. – Epictetus, Discourses

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon

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Socrates termed philosophy the preparation for death; but should it not rather be styled the patient endurance of life? – The Countess of Blessington, Desultory Thoughts and Reflections, 1839

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