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The world of philosophy is awash with quotable moments, and yet this can sometimes lead to them being misused. So today let’s look at 7 misunderstood philosophy quotes, and what the authors likely meant by them.

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00:00 The Ends Justify The Means – Niccolò Machiavelli
07:15 What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger – Friedrich Nietzsche
12:09 The Paradox of Tolerance – Karl Popper
18:59 Plato’s Cave – Plato
24:19 The Tabula Rasa – John Locke
29:34 All I know is that I know nothing – Socrates
33:38 Religion is the Opium of the Masses – Karl Marx

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