Top 10 most inspiring quotes by F. H. Bradley
- The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one’s own mind.
- When I hear that “Possession is the grave of love,” I remember that a religion may begin with the resurrection.
- True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
- We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.
- Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
- The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.
- Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
- There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth.
- The Secret of Happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
- One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.
Francis Herbert Bradley (1846-1924) was a British philosopher renowned for his significant contributions to metaphysics, ethics, and logic. Born in Clapham, England, he attended Balliol College, Oxford, and later became a fellow at Merton College. Bradley’s philosophical journey was shaped by the study of Immanuel Kant and G. W. F. Hegel, as well as his encounters with the works of T. H. Green and J. S. Mill.
His most influential work, “Appearance and Reality” (1893), explored the divide between appearance and true reality. Bradley argued that ordinary experience contains contradictions and that reality must be sought through a more comprehensive and interconnected understanding.
In “Ethical Studies” (1876), Bradley discussed ethics, emphasizing self-realization and self-sacrifice for the greater good. His ethical theory was closely related to his metaphysical views.
Bradley’s writings profoundly impacted early 20th-century philosophy, and he was a key figure in the rise of British Idealism. However, his ideas also faced criticism, and his influence began to decline after his death.
Despite the controversies surrounding his work, F. H. Bradley remains a significant figure in the history of philosophy, remembered for his attempts to reconcile metaphysics, ethics, and logic into a unified system and for his exploration of the nature of reality and human experience.
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