John Findlay Quotes
John Niemeyer Findlay was a South African-born philosopher whose long career took him from Pretoria and Otago to Newcastle, King's College London, the University of Texas, Yale, and Boston University. He was an exceptional reader of Plato, Hegel, Husserl, and Wittgenstein and produced influential studies of each. The quotes below are attributed to John Findlay, organized by topic.
John Findlay on God
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Attributed to John Findlay:
“The ontological argument, properly understood, may be a disproof rather than a proof.”
John Findlay on Mind
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Attributed to John Findlay:
“The mind is essentially intentional; thoughts are about something.”
John Findlay on Truth
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Attributed to John Findlay:
“Hegel is the philosopher of mediation, not of mystification.”
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Attributed to John Findlay:
“Plato's forms remain the most living of philosophical hypotheses.”
John Findlay on Virtue
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Attributed to John Findlay:
“Values are objective, but inseparable from acts of valuing.”