“David Hume, in a moment of acute skepticism, felt panicky in the solitude of his study and had to go out and join his friends in the billiard room in order to be reassured that the external world was really… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
“David Hume, in a moment of acute skepticism, felt panicky in the solitude of his study and had to go out and join his… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
We must be free for the truth; and conversely, to be able to be open toward the truth may be our deepest freedom as… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
Anxiety is not fear, being afraid of this or that definite object, but the uncanny feeling of being afraid of nothing at all. It… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
“When faith is full, it dares to express its anger, for faith is the openness of the whole man toward his God, and therefore… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
Much like tobacco companies want to keep smokers dependent on their deadly product, the oil industry wants to keep California dependent on oil –… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
“The more severely he struggles to hold on to the primal face-to-face relation with God, the more tenuous this becomes, until in the end… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
“If science could comprehend all phenomena so that eventually in a thoroughly rational society human beings became as predictable as cogs in a machine,… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
“Certainly, we can no longer look upon the canon of Western art - Greco-Roman as revived, extended, and graced by the Renaissance - as… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
“We cannot define ourselves without negating the alternatives that we do not become.” — William Barrett Copy Share Image
“We have to be who we are, however we may seek eventually to transform ourselves.” — William Barrett Copy Share Image
