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Christian Garve Quotes on Knowledge

Christian Garve was a German philosopher of the late Enlightenment and one of the most widely read German Popularphilosophen of his generation. This page collects quotes attributed to Christian Garve on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Christian Garve:

    “Philosophy must speak in the language of educated humanity.”

  • Attributed to Christian Garve:

    “Translation is the labor of philosophy across cultures.”

  • Attributed to Christian Garve:

    “What is most subtle in metaphysics must still bear on practice.”

  • Attributed to Christian Garve:

    “Common sense is the soil in which higher reasoning takes root.”