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Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy
There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another
You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain
The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy
Philosophy first constructs a scheme of happiness and then tries to fit the world to it
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death
Philosophy begins with wonder
Philosophy is the queen of arts, and daughter of heaven
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