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> [God is the Absolute Idea, a circle that returns upon itself, not a straight line projected indefinitely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/god-is-the-absolute-idea-a-circle-that-returns-upon-itself-not-a/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

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## More by Joseph Alexander Leighton

> [The state is the nursing mother of human culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/the-state-is-the-nursing-mother-of-human-culture/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [Might does not make right, but right demands that those who hold to it should defend it with all their might.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/might-does-not-make-right-but-right-demands-that-those-who-hold-to-it/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [God is a wider consciousness than we are, a pure intelligence, spiritual life and actuality. He is neither one nor many, neither man nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/god-is-a-wider-consciousness-than-we-are-a-pure-intelligence/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [The more serious poetry of the race has a philosophical structure of thought. It contains beliefs and conceptions in regard to the nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/the-more-serious-poetry-of-the-race-has-a-philosophical-structure-of/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [Faith in the continuance and enhancement of the intrinsic values--faith in truth, in beauty, in friendship, in love and harmony of life--in short, faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/faith-in-the-continuance-and-enhancement-of-the-intrinsic-values/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [The only religion which seems to have a function in time of war is the tribal religion which invokes a God as the exclusive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/the-only-religion-which-seems-to-have-a-function-in-time-of-war-is/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [Death is not regarded as a natural affair by primitive man. Death is believed to be due to the intervention of some malevolent or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/death-is-not-regarded-as-a-natural-affair-by-primitive-man-death-is/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [A system of philosophy, or metaphysics, is a union of a world view and a life view in one harmonious, complete, integral conception. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/a-system-of-philosophy-or-metaphysics-is-a-union-of-a-world-view-and/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [Our obligation to the will of God is our obligation to the laws of practical reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/our-obligation-to-the-will-of-god-is-our-obligation-to-the-laws-of/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [Skepticism literally means a thoughtful inquiry, the looking at a problem in a disinterested spirit, the surveying of a question from many sides. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/skepticism-literally-means-a-thoughtful-inquiry-the-looking-at-a/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [Life appears in a vast variety and innumerable succession of individual forms, since the most salient character of the universe is just that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/life-appears-in-a-vast-variety-and-innumerable-succession-of/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [Philosophy, like science, consists of theories or insights arrived at as a result of systemic reflection or reasoning in regard to the data of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/philosophy-like-science-consists-of-theories-or-insights-arrived-at/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [God is the Absolute Idea, a circle that returns upon itself, not a straight line projected indefinitely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/god-is-the-absolute-idea-a-circle-that-returns-upon-itself-not-a/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [If the spiritual values of human existence at its highest term of development and achievement do not endure, amidst all the changes and chances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/if-the-spiritual-values-of-human-existence-at-its-highest-term-of/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

> [Science ... is organized common sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/science-is-organized-common-sense/)

[Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/)

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