Francis Bacon

“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find…

Anselm of Canterbury

“For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order…

John Duns Scotus

“If all men by nature desire to know, then they desire most of all the greatest…

Niccoló Machiavelli

"To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the…

David Hume

“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the…

William Paley

“Let's say you're walking around and you find a watch on the ground. As you examine…

Jeremy Bentham

“Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his…

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill | “A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions…

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.” -…

Jean-Paul Sartre

"He was free, free in every way, free to behave like a fool or a machine,…