Christian Garve Quotes on Virtue
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 virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Christian Garve:
“Philosophy must speak in the language of educated humanity.”
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Attributed to Christian Garve:
“Moral feelings are the seedbed in which moral principles grow.”
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Attributed to Christian Garve:
“What is most subtle in metaphysics must still bear on practice.”
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Attributed to Christian Garve:
“Common sense is the soil in which higher reasoning takes root.”