Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.

The fundamental proposition of the apriorist theory is that knowledge is made up of two sorts of elements, which cannot be reduced into one another, and which are like two distinct layers superimposed one upon the other.

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

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.

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

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense?

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.

Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.

I took all the philosophy courses I could.

Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth.

Human knowledge is dark and uncertain; philosophy is dark, astrology is dark, and geometry is dark.

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

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

Since Plato, we have been considering the nature of knowledge, the meaning of meaning and the status of the physical world.

It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct.

Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth- He that knew all that ever learning writ, Knew only this-that he knew nothing yet.

All the learning in the world cannot replace instinct.

Philosophy stands in need of a science which shall determine the possibility, principles, and extent of human knowledge à priori.

Innate ideas are in every man, born with him; they are truly himself. The man who says that we have no innate ideas must be a fool and knave, having no conscience or innate science.

See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic of Metaphysic begs defence, And Metaphysic calls for aid on Sense! See Mystery to Mathematics fly!

During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief.

Alexander the Great valued learning so highly, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge than to his father Philip for life.

To define knowledge as merely empirical is to limit one's ability to know; it enfeebles one's ability to feel and think.

All knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men.