--- title: "4 Aspiration Quotes By George Pattison" description: "4 Aspiration quotes by George Pattison. Plus more from George Pattison and more Aspiration sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/george-pattison-17005_aspiration_when-i-m-on-the-operating-table-i-m-happ_177208.jpg" --- > [When I'm on the operating table, I'm happy for the surgeon to treat me as a machine, but the moment I return…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/when-i-m-on-the-operating-table-i-m-happy-for-the-surgeon-to-treat-me/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/george-pattison-17005_aspiration_when-i-m-on-the-operating-table-i-m-happ_177208.jpg) > [I still read a lot about teenage angst! Of course, any kind of mourning CAN become pathological and then it 'has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/i-still-read-a-lot-about-teenage-angst-of-course-any-kind-of-mourning/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/george-pattison-17005_angst_i-still-read-a-lot-about-teenage-angst-o_476733.jpg) > [Essentially I see the new atheism as largely part of the crisis of the left. Having failed to carry through its agenda…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/essentially-i-see-the-new-atheism-as-largely-part-of-the-crisis-of/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/george-pattison-17005_agendas_essentially-i-see-the-new-atheism-as-lar_613570.jpg) > [For others the mourning is over. Others would say that whilst one God has died - the God of ontotheology perhaps? -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/for-others-the-mourning-is-over-others-would-say-that-whilst-one-god/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe9/george-pattison-17005_able_for-others-the-mourning-is-over-others-w_1565866.jpg) ## Other authors on Aspiration - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-jaachynma-n-e-agu-2971.jpg) Jaachynma N.E. 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For a start,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/but-why-should-a-religious-person-be-interested-in-a-work-like/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [And perhaps this has to do with what I sense is a turning away from the idea of religion as being about conserving a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/and-perhaps-this-has-to-do-with-what-i-sense-is-a-turning-away-from/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [Perhaps unsurprisingly, there's a paradox here! Kierkegaard's own indirect communication proposes that we start with the experience of those who don't believe and meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/perhaps-unsurprisingly-there-s-a-paradox-here-kierkegaard-s-own/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [ I think he \[Heidegger\] sets the question up in a useful way and, despite appearances, he's not 'against' technology. He just wants us to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/i-think-he-heidegger-sets-the-question-up-in-a-useful-way-and-despite/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [I still read a lot about teenage angst! Of course, any kind of mourning CAN become pathological and then it 'has to stop', but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/i-still-read-a-lot-about-teenage-angst-of-course-any-kind-of-mourning/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [But my point is that 'the death of God' is not something like the Battle of Waterloo or Magna Charta. It's not a historic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/but-my-point-is-that-the-death-of-god-is-not-something-like-the/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [Barth's approach tears up any possibility of dialogue between faith and unfaith or between theology and other human sciences. Theology just says what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/barth-s-approach-tears-up-any-possibility-of-dialogue-between-faith/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [ But, inevitably, as he \[Kierkegaard\] approaches what we might call his Christocentric climax many readers drop off. Many scholars just leave that part of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/but-inevitably-as-he-kierkegaard-approaches-what-we-might-call-his/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [Essentially I see the new atheism as largely part of the crisis of the left. Having failed to carry through its agenda in relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/essentially-i-see-the-new-atheism-as-largely-part-of-the-crisis-of/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [In brief, I regard love as a more decisive focus of meaning than death. In terms of Heidegger's argument, this is because I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/in-brief-i-regard-love-as-a-more-decisive-focus-of-meaning-than-death/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [It seems that just Being, the sheer fact of existence, that there is something rather than nothing, already inspires a wonder akin to religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/it-seems-that-just-being-the-sheer-fact-of-existence-that-there-is/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [ Positively, he \[Heidegger\] shows that the prospect of death doesn't of itself destroy all possibilities of meaning but calls instead for these to be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/positively-he-heidegger-shows-that-the-prospect-of-death-doesn-t-of/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) > [Schleiermacher, however, starts by attempting to find what he takes to be a basic element of the human condition as such, namely, that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/schleiermacher-however-starts-by-attempting-to-find-what-he-takes-to/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aspiration/george-pattison/#itemlist", "name": "4 Aspiration Quotes By George Pattison", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I'm on the operating table, I'm happy for the surgeon to treat me as a machine, but the moment I return to consciousness I have other needs and aspirations that should be recognized. 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