Category
page 1Philosophical phrases
Workers of the world, unite!
political slogan that is the rallying cry of communism
chicken or the egg
philosophical paradox
God is dead
statement by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
Know thyself
one of the Delphic maxims
I know that I know nothing
famous saying by Socrates
Homo homini lupus
latin proverb
Opium of the people
Karl Marx's description of religion: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”
ignoramus et ignorabimus
"we do not & will not know" — maxim refering to the limits of scientific knowledge
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
aquatint by Francisco de goya from the series Los Caprichos
if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
philosophical thought experiment
existence precedes essence
central claim of existentialism formulated by Sartre
l'esprit de l'escalier
thinking of the perfect reply too late
best of all possible worlds
the doctrine or belief that in the system of things all that happens, the undesirable no less than the desirable, is for the best
The unexamined life is not worth living
saying by Greek philosopher Socrates
how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
reductio ad absurdum of angelology; idiom for wasting time debating pointless issues
turtles all the way down
expression of the problem of infinite regress
marketplace of ideas
rationale for freedom of expression in a liberal democracy
Omphaloskepsis
Meditation by navel-gazing
Fides quaerens intellectum
Philosophical phrase
essentially contested concept
concepts having widespread agreement on a concept but not on the best realization thereof