Judd Nelson Quotes

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy.

I discovered philosophy in my youth when I read 'wildly,' and thus I was exposed to the world of ideas.

I was interested in philosophy before I knew I was. That's to say, when I was at school, I used to argue with my friends about issues that turned out to be philosophical ones of some kind.

Philosophy teaches you to think big.

Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.

I'd love to go back to school for philosophy. I love philosophy, so I'm always reading philosophy books, annoying my girlfriend with that type of stuff.

You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Philosophy! the lumber of the schools.

Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didn't: It was basically a semantics game.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.

I'm not a philosopher.

Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of.

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius.

Philosophy ... must not bargain away anything of the emphatic concept of truth.

I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn't know anything about it, I didn't even know what it was talking about. What I really spent my time doing in those years was writing short stories. There were all sorts of interesting courses, but what I really wanted to do was make stories one way or another.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

I'm taking a philosophy class and regretting it with everything in me. I'm taking one college class per semester. Philosophy is studying what you already know and dismantling it. I thought it would be right up my alley. I can't tell you how much it's not me.

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

To me, what philosophy does best is reflect on knowledge that's generated in other areas.

First, philosophy concerns itself with all kinds of issues that don't get much airtime in day-to-day life. What's the nature of reality? Can we ever truly know anything, and if so, how? What does it mean to be a moral agent? And while we're at it, is there any such thing as agency anyway?