Famous quotes containing the words philosophy of, philosophy, mind, solutions and/or problem:
“... if, as women, we accept a philosophy of history that asserts that women are by definition assimilated into the male universal, that we can understand our past through a male lensif we are unaware that women even have a historywe live our lives similarly unanchored, drifting in response to a veering wind of myth and bias.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“In philosophy if you arent moving at a snails pace you arent moving at all.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)
“... the sad increase
Across the mind of this prolific plant,
Dumb idleness?”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)
“Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.”
—Isaac Asimov (19201992)
“It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we dont put psychotics in high places and weve got the problem solved.”
—Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)