There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.
How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.
As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.
Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.
Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)
There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.