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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.

Cheers!

PS - You are currently at the shop pages on our Philosophy website - Individual Product links go to our Philosophy Shop at Cafepress where you can purchase them.

Custom Printed Buttons / Badges / Pins

We have a total of about 500 unique custom printed Buttons / Badges / Lapel Pins with an eclectic mix of philosophy quotes and images (paintings, portraits, photos).

Our badges come in two sizes; 2.25 inch and 1 inch diameter with a metal shell, UV protecting cover and pinned metal back. Cool individual 'punk' fashion for a cheap price. Our buttons are one of our most popular products. We hope you find them interesting, unique and useful. Cheers!

Below you will find our favourite Buttons / Pins / Badges selected from each of our main Philosophy Gift Shop subject categories.



Sir Winston Churchill Button
Sir Winston Churchill Button
'The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.'
(Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. Pictures / Portraits & Political Quotes on Democracy)
$3.99

Politics: George Washington Button
Politics: George Washington Button
'Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.'
(George Washington, Political Posters)
$3.99

Terrorism George W. Bush Button
Terrorism George W. Bush Button
'Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.'
(George W. Bush, U.S. President. Photo / Picture & Famous Political Quote on Terrorism.)
$3.99
 
Suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst Button
Suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst Button
'We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half.'
(Emmeline Pankhurst, Female Suffragist / Activist. Pictures, Photos & Feminist Quotes. Famous Feminism Prints & Gifts)
$3.99

Heroine / Saint Joan of Arc Button
Heroine / Saint Joan of Arc Button
'Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.'
(Joan of Arc, Pictures & Quotes. Fabulous Women, Heroines & Saints Custom Art Prints)
$3.99

Music, Genius and Mozart Button
Music, Genius and Mozart Button
'Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.'
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Portrait Paintings & Quotes on Music, Inspiration, Imagination, Love & Genius. Classical Musicians & Composers Art Prints)
$3.99

Handel's Messiah Button
Handel's Messiah Button
'My Lord, I should be sorry if I only entertained them; I wished to make them better.'
(George Frederic Handel, Picture & Quote after a performance of the Opera, Messiah. Classical Music Print)
$3.99

Composer J.S. Bach Button
Composer J.S. Bach Button
'To write great music, the musician must make his life a great song. ... Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.'
(Johann Sebastian Bach, Classical Composer. Painting & Quote on Music, Song, Life & Work)
$3.99

Desire for Women Neitzsche Button
Desire for Women Nietzsche Button
'The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything'
(Friedrich Nietzsche, Big Philosophy Posters)
$3.99

Wilson: Love Sex Correggio Button
Wilson: Love Sex Correggio Button
'The species that have evolved long-term bonds are also the ones that rely on elaborate courtship rituals. ... Love and sex do indeed go together.'
(Edward O. Wilson, Evolution / Sexuality Quote on Love & Sex. Printed on Erotic Renaissance Art by Correggio, 'Venus')
$3.99

Sex Quote: Kama Sutra Art Button
Sex Quote: Kama Sutra Art Button
'Eroticism is firstly a search for pleasure, ...a perception of the divine state, which is infinite delight.'
(Alain Danielou, Kama Sutra Quote printed on Erotic Art Picture of Beautiful Kama Sutra Woman)
$3.99

Freud Female Sexuality Button
Freud Female Sexuality Button
'The great question that has never been answered and which I have not yet been able to answer, is 'What does a woman want?'
(Sigmund Freud, Sexuality Quote from the Famous Psychoanalyst. Printed on Erotic Pablo Picasso Painting)
$3.99

Playwright William Shakespeare Button
Playwright William Shakespeare Button
'All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts ...'
(William Shakespeare, English Playwright & Poet. Portrait & Quote from the Play, As You Like It)
$3.99

French Philosopher: Voltaire Button
French Philosopher: Voltaire Button
'Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.'
(Voltaire, Portraits, Quotes & Sayings. Famous French Philosophy Art Prints)
$3.99

History Aldous Huxley Button
History Aldous Huxley Button
'That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.'
(Aldous Huxley, Quotes & Pictures. Famous Authors & Mystics Fine Art Prints)
$3.99

Poet Johann von Goethe Button
Poet Johann von Goethe Button
'If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.'
(Johann von Goethe, Famous German Writer & Poet. Portrait & Quotes)
$3.99

Eternal Poetry Thomas More Button
Eternal Poetry Thomas More Button
'From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.'
(Thomas Moore, Irish Poet. Pictures & Poetry Quotes)
$3.99

French Poets Baudelaire Button
French Poet Baudelaire Button
'...an old and terrible friend, and, alas! like them all, full of caresses and deceptions.'
(Charles Baudelaire, Painting & Poetry Quote on Women & Opium. Famous Poets Art Prints)
$3.99

American President FDR Button
American President FDR Button
'A nation that destroys it's soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.'
(Franklin D. Roosevelt, Portrait & Environmental Quote. Famous American Presidents Fine Art Print)
$3.99

Thomas Huxley and Darwin Button
Thomas Huxley and Charles Darwin Button
How extremely stupid for me not to have thought of that!
(Thomas Huxley after mastering, in 1859, the central idea of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species)
$3.99

Steiner: Education School Button
Steiner: Education School Button
'A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living.'
(Rudolf Steiner, Portrait & Holistic Education Quote. Steiner School Art Print)
$3.99

Maria Montessori Education Button
Maria Montessori Education Button
'If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.'
(Maria Montessori, Picture & Quote on Children. Famous Women in Education Prints)
$3.99

Martin Luther King Jr: Peace Button
Martin Luther King Jr: Peace Button
'We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace.'
(Martin Luther King Jr, Pictures & Inspiring Quotes on War and Peace)
$3.99

William James Life and Change Button
William James Life and Change Button
'To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.'
(William James, Philosopher of Pragmatism. Portrait Pictures & Motivational Quotes)
$3.99

Universe: Marcus Aurelius Button
Universe: Marcus Aurelius Button
'Meditate often upon the bond of all in the Universe and their mutual relationship. For all things are in a way woven together.'
(Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor. Pictures & Quotes from 'Meditations'. Stoic Philosophy Prints)
$3.99

Philosopher Francis Bacon Button
Philosopher Francis Bacon Button
'A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.'
(Francis Bacon, Picture & Quote. Religion & Philosophy Print)
$3.99

Greek Mathematician: Archimedes Button
Greek Mathematician: Archimedes Button
'Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.'
(Archimedes Portrait & Famous Quote)
$3.99

Imagination Thomas Edison Button
Imagination Thomas Edison Button
'To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.'
(Thomas Edison, 1847-1931)
$3.99

Alexander Graham Bell Button
Alexander Graham Bell Button
'Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.'
(Alexander Graham Bell, Portrait & Quote. Famous Science Print)
$3.99

Mathematics: Blaise Pascal Button
Mathematics: Blaise Pascal Button
'Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. ... Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth'
(Blaise Pascal: Mathematics / Famous Mathematician's Portraits & Quotes)
$3.99

Leibniz Origins of Calculus Button
Leibniz Origins of Calculus Button
'The mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved ...by conceiving its cause or ...when experience teaches us that it is in fact in nature.'
(Gottfried Leibniz, Philosopher. Portrait & Quote on Truth. Philosophy Fine Art Prints)
$3.99

Philosopher: Alfred Whitehead Button
Philosopher: Alfred Whitehead Button
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge. ... Philosophy is the product of wonder.'
(Philosopher / Mathematician Alfred North Whitehead on the importance of an open curious mind)
$3.99

Wisdom of Greece: Hypatia Button
Wisdom of Greece: Hypatia Button
'Life is an unfoldment ... To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond.'
(Hypatia of Alexandria, Picture Painting & Philosophy Quote. Famous Female Mathematicians Prints)
$3.99

Marie Curie Physics Liberty Button
Marie Curie Physics Liberty Button
'...each of us must work for his own improvement, and ...share a general responsibility for all humanity, ...to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.'
(Marie Curie Quote & Picture. Famous Female Scientist Poster)
$3.99

Heisenberg Natural Science Button
Heisenberg Natural Science Button
'Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.'
(Werner Heisenberg, Quote & Picture. Quantum Physics Fine Art Prints)
$3.99

Open Society: Karl Popper Button
Open Society: Karl Popper Button
The greatest scandal of philosophy is that, while all around us the world of nature perishes ... philosophers continue to talk about whether this world exists.
(Karl Popper on the madness of idealist philosophy)
$3.99

Carl Jung Psychology Button
Carl Jung Psychology Button
'All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.'
(Carl Jung, Famous Psychoanalyst. Photos & Quotes on the Mind, Fantasy & Imagination)
$3.99

Philosophy Bertrand Russell Button
Philosophy Bertrand Russell Button
'Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, ...and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.'
(Bertrand Russell, Quotes & Pictures. 20th Century Philosophy Prints)
$3.99

Universal Law: Kant Button
Universal Law: Kant Button
'Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.'
(Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher. Portrait & Philosophy Quotes)
$3.99

Schopenhauer Philosophy Truth Button
Schopenhauer Philosophy Truth Button
'But life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.'
(Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher. Pictures & Philosophy Quotes)
$3.99

Power of Change Karl Marx Button
Power of Change Karl Marx Button
'The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.'
(Karl Marx, Pictures & Quotes. Political Philosophy / Marxist Prints)
$3.99

The Dalai Lama Button
The Dalai Lama Button
'Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.'
(The Dalai Lama, Photo Pictures & Quotes on Happiness. Motivational Fine Art Prints)
$3.99

Death Nihilism Epicurus Button
Death Nihilism Epicurus Button
'Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.'
(Epicurus, Picture & Quote on Death. Custom Fine Art Prints of Greek Philosophers)
$3.99
 

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