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> [The more serious poetry of the race has a philosophical structure of thought. It contains beliefs and conceptions in regard to the nature of man and the universe, God and the soul, fate and providence, suffering, evil and destiny. Great…](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/)

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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/)

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