| Quote | Philosoher | Date of Quote |
| 'The object of the superior man is truth' | |
| 'Until Philosophers are kings...cities will never have rest from their troubles'. | |
| 'If it is in our power to act nobly, it is also in our power to do evil.' | |
| 'Virtue is the foundation of friendship' | |
| 'Too late have I come to love you, O beauty so ancient and so fresh' | |
| 'Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.' | |
| 'Men ought either to be well treated or crushed' | |
| 'if a man ... be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.' | |
| 'I think, therefore I am' | |
| '...the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short' | |
| 'All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.' | |
| 'Essence is perception' | |
| | Quote | Philosoher | Date of Quote |
| 'It is never possible to deduce judgements of value from matters of fact' | |
| 'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in irons' | |
| 'It is not from the benevolence of the.. baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.' | |
| 'Reason is the pupil of itself alone. It is the oldest of the sciences' | |
| 'Mankind is governed by pain and pleasure' | |
| 'God is the absolute truth.' | |
| 'The ideas of the ruling class are the ruling ideas.' | |
| 'We can surely never arrive at the nature of things from without.' | |
| 'Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.' | |
| 'When you stare into an abyss ... the abyss also stares into you'. | |
| 'The world is the totality of facts, not things.' | |
| 'Once freedom has exploded in the soul of man, the gods no longer have any power over him' | |
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