Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race. Giambattista Vico - Philosopher Class, Common sense, Judgment, Nation, Race, Reflection Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground of truth. Giambattista Vico - Philosopher Ideas, Truth Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves. Giambattista Vico - Philosopher Doubt, Men, Mind, Nations, World Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute. Giambattista Vico - Philosopher First, Nature Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things. Giambattista Vico - Philosopher Ideas, Mind, Order, Spirit, Words Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper. Jean Vanier - Philosopher Community, Leaders, Mystery, People Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want. Jean Vanier - Philosopher Life, Moments, Want Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness. Jean Vanier - Philosopher Growth, Weakness Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. Jean Vanier - Philosopher Belief, Envy, Gifts, Ignorance, People Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live. Raoul Vaneigem - Philosopher Civilization, Contempt, Life Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares