Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
Source: The Essays: A Selection
“To recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way; and a philosophy that risks this would by that token alone place itself beyond good and evil.”
Source: Beyond Good and Evil
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German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and cl… 1844–1900Related quotes
“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Source: Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Steven Pressfield (1943) United States Marine
Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948) Russian philosopher
The Destiny of Man (1931), p. 15
Context: Ethics occupies a central place in philosophy because it is concerned with sin, with the origin of good and evil and with moral valuations. And since these problems have a universal significance, the sphere of ethics is wider than is generally supposed. It deals with meaning and value and its province is the world in which the distinction between good and evil is drawn, evaluations are made and meaning is sought.
