30 ‘Star Wars’ Quotes Worthy of a Philosophy Class-SliderPhoto

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11. “Try not. Do…or do not. There is no try.” Yoda, responding to Luke’s whining about the difficulty of a task, from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980). The philosophy lesson here is that, sometimes it is better to make your mind up that you will do something rather than simply attempting it.

12. “Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” This is part of Yoda’s death speech to Luke. The philosophy lesson here is that we are all more than our physical selves.