An important tradition within westren philosophy believes in the primacy of natural science as a guide to truth. This is sometimes met… — J. J. C. Smart Copy Share Image
Between gods and men, territories are set up. At least in the no-man’s land of the heights of heaven, the depths of… — Luce Irigaray Copy Share Image
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No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling... The desire to grasp and be… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
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Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds… — Stephen Russell Copy Share Image
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Jesus Himself has already paid the price for your sins, so stop condemning yourself! Today, when you look into the mirror, what… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
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The great tragedy is that they're removing art completely, not because they're putting more science in, but because they can't afford the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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The revelation of the secret of water will put an end to all manner of speculation or expediency and their excrescences, to… — Viktor Schauberger Copy Share Image
In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape. For a short while, our mothers' bodies are the… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
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