Ambrose Bierce Philosopher Quotations

There's no free will," says the philosopher; "To hang is most unjust." "There is no free will," assents the officer; "We hang because we must.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.