Helen Hunt Quotes

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: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

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

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

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.

Every single university student should study philosophy. You need to lead the examined life and question your beliefs. If you don't learn critical thinking, then political debate degenerates into a contest of slogans.

I want to study philosophy. That fascinates me.

That's something I learned as a philosophy major: The philosophy ethos is, always question, never rest.

Philosophy teaches you to think big.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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

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

You know, I've taught philosophy for years and one argues in the hypothetical all the time.

I took all the philosophy courses I could.

Philosophy changes day by day.

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.

Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.

Philosophical theories or ideas, as points of view, instruments of criticism, may help us to gather up what might otherwise pass unregarded by us.

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

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

Philosophy begins in wonder.

Young children are naturally so philosophical. They ask: 'What is real? What is truth?' They have to learn it; they don't automatically know it. To them, it's a game. You can study this for years in college, and yet you probably asked it when you were four or five years old.

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.