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Philosophy Quotes

Each of the following quotes was said by one of the authors featured in our Book Club's philosophy library. Can you guess who said each one?

Points available: 10

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

A) Bertrand Russell
B) Herbert Spencer
C) Samuel Butler
D) William James

"To live alone one must be a beast or a God, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both -- a philosopher."

A) Rene Descartes
B) Francis Bacon
C) George Santayana
D) Friedrich Nietzsche

"Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace."

A) Nicolo Machiavelli
B) Aristotle
C) Epictetus
D) Thomas Paine

"The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection."

A) William Godwin
B) Bertrand Russell
C) Aristotle
D) Friedrich Nietzsche

"Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its independence on things unreasonable."

A) William James
B) Thomas Taylor
C) Henri Bergson
D) Samuel Butler

"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."

A) Herbert Spencer
B) Rene Descartes
C) William Gibson
D) William James

"What is the first business of philosophy? To part with self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows."