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Karene Jade Howie - Student of Philosophy and overworked shop keeper!Hello and welcome to the Philosophy Shop.

We really like philosophers and other creative thinkers of Human history - the Philosophy Shop represents several years work collecting over 500 quotes and portraits from many of the greatest minds of the past 3,000 years. Over the past 5 years the Philosophy Gift Shop has been one of the most popular shops at Cafepress - out of roughly 6 million shops! (Cafepress are a print on demand online shop and top 1000 website. They sell products world wide and have a full 30 day refund, making it a safe place to buy some very cool gifts for yourself and your friends.)

We hope you enjoy browsing our unique collection of photos & paintings with their eclectic mix of profound and engaging quotes.

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Twentieth (20th) Century Philosophy
Famous Philosopher's Quotes & Pictures

We have a unique gallery of Contemporary Philosophy Prints with quotes from famous Philosophers of the Twentieth (20th) Century (Albert Camus, Michel Foucault, Carl Jung, A.J. Ayer, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, Karl Popper and Jean Paul Sartre).

We hope you find our selection of quotes and portraits of the Twentieth (20th) Century Philosophers interesting, wise, inspiring and useful!




PS - We have some interesting and comprehensive webpages on Philosophy (includes Philosopher's quotes, biography, pictures and summary of main ideas).

'Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. For philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday.' (Ludwig Wittgenstein)Philosophy of the 20th Century is characterised by being postmodern in nature (no absolute truths), idealist (we can't say anything physically exists, all is a representation of the mind) and concerned with logical and linguistic analysis. The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein is famous for making us realise that while we do not know reality then all words are ultimately just human constructions without absolute meaning or truth (which comes from relating words to things that physically exist), thus language is a tautology.

'Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. ... But what are the simple constituent parts of which reality is composed? - What are the simple constituent parts of a chair? - The bits of wood of which it is made? Or the molecules or atoms? ...The fluctuation of scientific definition: what today counts as an concomitant of a phenomena will tomorrow be used to define it.' (Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889 - 1951)




Albert Camus Depression & Motivational Thinking
Albert Camus Depression & Motivational Thinking
'In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.' (Albert Camus, 1913 - 1960)



Albert Camus Philosophy of Friendship Quote
Albert Camus Philosophy of Friendship Quote
'Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.' (Albert Camus, 1913 - 1960)



Social Criticism: Michel Foucault Art and Life
Social Criticism: Michel Foucault Art and Life
'What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.'


Carl Jung Psychology vs Astrology
Carl Jung Psychology vs Astrology
'We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, ...have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more.' (Carl Jung, 1875 - 1961)


Imagination and Fantasy: Jungian Psychology
Imagination and Fantasy: Jungian Psychology
'All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.'


Carl Jung Synchronicity / Cause and Effect
Carl Jung Synchronicity / Cause and Effect
'The connection between cause and effect turns out to be only statistically valid and only relatively true. ... I define synchronicity as a psychically conditioned relativity of time and space.' (Jung


British Philosophy History: A. J. Ayer Certainty
British Philosophy History: A. J. Ayer Certainty
'The quest for certainty has played a considerable part in the history of philosophy: it has been assumed that without a basis of certainty all our claims to knowledge must be suspect.'


20th Century Philosophy: Ludwig Wittgenstein
20th Century Philosophy: Ludwig Wittgenstein
'Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. ... The meaning of a word is its use in the language.'


Bertrand Russell: Free Noble Life
Bertrand Russell: Free Noble Life
'It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.' (Bertrand Russell)


Bertrand Russell: Philosophy of Thought
Bertrand Russell: Philosophy of Thought
'Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.'


Russell: Certainty of Fools, Wisdom of Doubt
Russell: Certainty of Fools, Wisdom of Doubt
'The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.'


Bertrand Russell on Eccentric Opinions
Bertrand Russell on Eccentric Opinions
'Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.'


Bertrand Russell on Critical Thinking
Bertrand Russell on Critical Thinking
'Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.' (Bertrand Russell)



Socialist, Anti-war Activist: Bertrand Russell
Socialist, Anti-war Activist: Bertrand Russell
'War does not determine who is right - only who is left.'


Bertrand Russell: Man isn't Rational Animal
Bertrand Russell: Man isn't Rational Animal
'It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.'


Karl Popper: Falsifiability and Reality
Karl Popper: Falsifiability and Reality
'Denying realism amounts to megalomania (the most widespread occupational disease of the professional philosopher).'


Open Society and Social Criticism: Karl Popper
Open Society and Social Criticism: Karl Popper
'In my opinion, the greatest scandal of philosophy is that, while all around us the world of nature perishes ... philosophers continue to talk, ...about the question of whether this world exists.'


French Existentialism Philosophy: Sartre
French Existentialism Philosophy: Sartre
'Everything has been figured out, except how to live.'

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