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Dualism Quotes

Philosophical reflections on the split within us.

These lines trace dualism from its classic philosophical roots, where mind and matter stand fully apart, to a more everyday sense of facts existing separately from the ideas we form about them. Read our Simon quotes for more.

Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

The dualism itself becomes a sort of presupposition or datum; its terms condition the further problem.

Quotes by James Mark Baldwin

In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter.

Quotes by James Mark Baldwin

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.

Quotes by George Santayana

Frequently Asked Questions

What philosophical idea do these dualism quotes explore?
They mostly examine the classic separation between mind and matter, along with the related split between facts and our ideas about them.
Is Descartes referenced in this collection?
Yes, one quote directly credits Descartes with the clearest, most uncompromising version of mind-matter dualism.
Is there an unusual, non-philosophical example here?
One striking quote compares vinyl records to human duality, describing their two sides as representing two faces of human nature.
Do the quotes treat dualism as a settled idea?
No, one line describes it more as a starting assumption that shapes further questions rather than a final answer. See our Simon quotes for more.
Who would find this dualism quotes page useful?
Anyone interested in philosophy, psychology, or unusual cultural metaphors for the mind-body relationship.

One especially unusual take stretches the idea to vinyl records, framing two-sided discs as a physical symbol of human nature's duality. Continue with Tim Lahaye quotes and Hayden Christensen quotes.