Jaegwon Kim quotes

Jaegwon Kim quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“There are no free lunches in philosophy any more than in real life.”
-- Jaegwon Kim

Source : Jaegwon Kim (2000). “Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind-body Problem and Mental Causation”, p.60, MIT Press

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“Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.”

Source : A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1976). “Bhagavad-Gita as it is: Abridged edition with translations and elaborate purports”
“Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide.”

Source : Song: Tell It Like It is, Album: The Very Best of Aaron Neville, 2006
“The study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy”
“As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.”
“First birth is from your parents, but real birth, real life, begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service unto him. Then the path is open for going back to home, back to Godhead, to live eternally in full knowledge and full bliss and in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Lord Krishna.”
“A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.”
“Before I was cast on The Surreal Life my knowledge of Christopher Knight was pretty much he was on The Brady Bunch and I hated The Brady Bunch.”
“Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!”
“In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.”
“The statement I wanted to make was that it makes no sense to put these real-life women into one limited template, so why then are we doing it to our fictitious heroines?”

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