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> [Scientific evidence for God's existence is being claimed today by theists, many of whom carry respectable scientific or philosophical credentials. He who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/scientific-evidence-for-god-s-existence-is-being-claimed-today-by/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

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> [You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to find your wife laughing when you had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-louis-stevenson/you-can-forgive-people-who-do-not-follow-you-through-a-philosophical/)

[Robert Louis Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-louis-stevenson/)

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> [The picture of Kant as the 'theological Robespierre' or the "world-crusher" was first suggested by someone with whom Kant stood in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-w-wood/the-picture-of-kant-as-the-theological-robespierre-or-the-world/)

[Allen W. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-w-wood/)

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> [Life is better lived than conceptualized. — This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lee/life-is-better-lived-than-conceptualized-this-writing-can-be-less/)

[Bruce Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lee/)

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> [We call 'Slavery is wrong' a moral truth because there is a specific history of theoretical investigation of a particular kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-wilson/we-call-slavery-is-wrong-a-moral-truth-because-there-is-a-specific/)

[Catherine Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-wilson/)

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> [The Internet is really our meeting place. We have this amazing listserv. Every time I log onto it I feel a sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/the-internet-is-really-our-meeting-place-we-have-this-amazing/)

[Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/)

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> [I fully agree with you about the significance and educational value of as well as history and philosophy of science. So many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-fully-agree-with-you-about-the-significance-and-educational-value-2/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-dionysius/if-we-know-god-our-knowledge-of-everything-will-be-brought-to/)

[Pope Dionysius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-dionysius/)

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> [“With domineering hand she moves the turning wheel, Like currents in a treacherous bay swept to and fro: Her ruthless will has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boethius-queen-elizabeth-i-translation/with-domineering-hand-she-moves-the-turning-wheel-like-currents-in-a/)

[Boethius - Queen Elizabeth I translation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boethius-queen-elizabeth-i-translation/)

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> [I use biography, I use literary connections (as with Platen - this seems to me extremely helpful for appreciating the nuances of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kitcher/i-use-biography-i-use-literary-connections-as-with-platen-this-seems/)

[Philip Kitcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kitcher/)

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> [One or another man, liberated or cursed, suddenly sees-but even this man sees rarely-that all we are is what we aren't, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/one-or-another-man-liberated-or-cursed-suddenly-sees-but-even-this/)

[Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/)

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> [People habituate themselves to let things pass through their minds, as one may speak, rather than to think of them. Thus by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/people-habituate-themselves-to-let-things-pass-through-their-minds-as/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

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> [The other thing I felt was that the philosophical concept behind the experiences also looked like it had been designed by technicians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dolby/the-other-thing-i-felt-was-that-the-philosophical-concept-behind-the/)

[Thomas Dolby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dolby/)

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> [I don't think there is ever a direct connection between the philosophical community and the wider populus. I'm very aware of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-baggini/i-don-t-think-there-is-ever-a-direct-connection-between-the/)

[Julian Baggini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-baggini/)

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> [I have presented principles of philosophy that are not, however, philosophical but strictly mathematical-that is, those on which the study of philosophy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/i-have-presented-principles-of-philosophy-that-are-not-however/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [Still I believe that Hanna Arendt, she was wrong when she tried to say that we are all actually capable of this,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/still-i-believe-that-hanna-arendt-she-was-wrong-when-she-tried-to-say/)

[Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/)

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> [Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/part-of-what-made-the-macintosh-great-was-that-the-people-working-on/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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> [The war in vietnam threatened to tear our society apart, and the political and philosophical disagreements that separated each side continue, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-war-in-vietnam-threatened-to-tear-our-society-apart-and-the/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [As I read Mann in German for the first time, the full achievement - both literary and philosophical - of Death in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kitcher/as-i-read-mann-in-german-for-the-first-time-the-full-achievement-both/)

[Philip Kitcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kitcher/)

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> [“All our philosophy starts from a false base; it begins always by considering man as an individual, and not as he should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-bakunin/all-our-philosophy-starts-from-a-false-base-it-begins-always-by/)

[Mikhail Bakunin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-bakunin/)

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> [In my own version of the idea of 'what art wants,' the end and fulfillment of the history of art is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-my-own-version-of-the-idea-of-what-art-wants-the-end-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [For if God is man's chief good, which you cannot deny, it clearly follows, since to seek the chief good is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/for-if-god-is-man-s-chief-good-which-you-cannot-deny-it-clearly/)

[Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/)

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> [The problem with any philosophical consideration is that once you open a door in your mind, you can never close it. Once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dekker/the-problem-with-any-philosophical-consideration-is-that-once-you/)

[Ted Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dekker/)

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> [“You, too, are more than your worldview. Of course, philosophical arguments have a significant place in the history of the church and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-moore/you-too-are-more-than-your-worldview-of-course-philosophical/)

[Russell Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-moore/)

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> [Many philosophies have evolved based on the choice of food. But one must remember there is nothing religious, philosophical, spiritual, or moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaggi-vasudev/many-philosophies-have-evolved-based-on-the-choice-of-food-but-one/)

[Jaggi Vasudev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaggi-vasudev/)

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> [J. Budziszewski is perhaps the clearest and most eloquent natural lawyer writing today. When reading his works I often find myself amazed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-j-beckwith/j-budziszewski-is-perhaps-the-clearest-and-most-eloquent-natural/)

[Francis J. Beckwith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-j-beckwith/)

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> [The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-baudelaire/the-being-who-for-most-men-is-the-source-of-the-most-lively-and-even/)

[Charles Baudelaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-baudelaire/)

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> [I wanted to pack a lot into the lyric, but not go beyond its bounds. Some have written that I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorie-graham/i-wanted-to-pack-a-lot-into-the-lyric-but-not-go-beyond-its-bounds/)

[Jorie Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorie-graham/)

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> [Let us say in passing that since (philosophical) remedies are often worse than the malady, our age, in order to be cured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-badiou/let-us-say-in-passing-that-since-philosophical-remedies-are-often/)

[Alain Badiou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-badiou/)

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> [“Some things happen to us from which we never recover, and they disrupt the normalcy of our lives. That's how life is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-piper-with-cecil-murphey/some-things-happen-to-us-from-which-we-never-recover-and-they-disrupt/)

[Don Piper with Cecil Murphey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-piper-with-cecil-murphey/)

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> [The philosophic mind inclines always to an elaborate life--the life of Goethe or of Leonardo da Vinci; but the life of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/the-philosophic-mind-inclines-always-to-an-elaborate-life-the-life-of/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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> [If everybody is rewarded just for being alive, you get the same sort of effect as you do when you reward every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-i-hayakawa/if-everybody-is-rewarded-just-for-being-alive-you-get-the-same-sort/)

[S. I. Hayakawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-i-hayakawa/)

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> [“We’re not here to argue with you about the wisdom of our alliance that has kept the Persians at bay for forty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-korshak/we-re-not-here-to-argue-with-you-about-the-wisdom-of-our-alliance/)

[Yvonne Korshak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-korshak/)

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> [“There is no intellectual exercise that is not ultimately pointless. A philosophical doctrine is, at first, a plausible description of the universe;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/there-is-no-intellectual-exercise-that-is-not-ultimately-pointless-a/)

[Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/)

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> [That one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/that-one-body-may-act-upon-another-at-a-distance-through-a-vacuum/)

[Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/)

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> [The main problem with those who deny the existence of God is not intellectual. It is not because of insufficient information, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/the-main-problem-with-those-who-deny-the-existence-of-god-is-not/)

[R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/)

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> [Without doubt, if we are to go back to that ultimate, integral experience, unwarped by the sophistications of theory, that experience whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-north-whitehead/without-doubt-if-we-are-to-go-back-to-that-ultimate-integral/)

[Alfred North Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-north-whitehead/)

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> [It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldo-leopold/it-is-inconceivable-to-me-that-an-ethical-relation-to-land-can-exist/)

[Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldo-leopold/)

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> [I am not by any means a philosopher, although I have worked with some talented people in the discipline. But certain philosophical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-lonsdale/i-am-not-by-any-means-a-philosopher-although-i-have-worked-with-some/)

[Joe Lonsdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-lonsdale/)

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> [But let there be no misunderstanding: it is not that a real man, the object of knowledge, philosophical reflection or technological intervention,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/but-let-there-be-no-misunderstanding-it-is-not-that-a-real-man-the/)

[Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/)

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                        "text": "...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite, divine and ineffable dwelling place (cf. Jn. 14:2) will be ours to enjoy. For this is what our sainted teacher said in his famous philosophical aphorism: 'Then we shall know as we are known' (I Cor. 13:12), when we mingle our god-formed mind and divine reason to what is properly its own and the image returns to the archetype for which it now longs.",
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                        "text": "“With domineering hand she moves the turning wheel, Like currents in a treacherous bay swept to and fro: Her ruthless will has just deposed once fearful kings While trustless still, from low she lifts a conquered head; No cries of misery she hears, no tears she heeds, But steely hearted laughs at groans her deeds have wrung. Such is a game she plays, and so she tests her strength; Of mighty power she makes parade when one short hour Sees happiness from utter desolation grow. (A Consolation of Philosophy, Book II, translated by V.E. Watts)”",
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                        "text": "I use biography, I use literary connections (as with Platen - this seems to me extremely helpful for appreciating the nuances of Mann's and Aschenbach's sexuality), I use philosophical sources (but not in the way many Mann critics do, where the philosophical theses and concepts seem to be counters to be pushed around rather than ideas to be probed), and I use juxtapositions with other literary works (including Mann's other fiction) and with works of music.",
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                        "text": "One or another man, liberated or cursed, suddenly sees-but even this man sees rarely-that all we are is what we aren't, that we fool ourselves about what's true and are wrong about what we conclude is right. And this man, who in a flash sees the universe naked, creates a philosophy or dreams up a religion; and the philosophy spreads and the religion propagates, and those who believe in the philosophy begin to wear it as a suit they don't see, and those who believe in the religion put it on as a mask they soon forget.",
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                        "text": "“You, too, are more than your worldview. Of course, philosophical arguments have a significant place in the history of the church and the pursuit of faith. But the \"renewing of your mind\" the Bible calls you to isn't primarily about learning points of debate; it's first reminding yourself of the mercy of God. And because of his mercy, you continually offer yourself as a \"living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\" (Rom. 12:1-2). This offering involves all of you—your affections, your intuitions, and your longings-not just your reason. That's why on our deathbeds, most of us will not turn to axioms and arguments we embraced and applied. Rather, we will look to the hymns we learned to sing, the stories we came to know to be true, and the people who bore witness—in their own flawed, fragmented ways-to a Light shining in the darkness, a Word who became flesh.”",
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                        "text": "Many philosophies have evolved based on the choice of food. But one must remember there is nothing religious, philosophical, spiritual, or moral about the food we eat. It is only a question of whether the food is compatible with the kind of body we have.",
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                        "text": "J. Budziszewski is perhaps the clearest and most eloquent natural lawyer writing today. When reading his works I often find myself amazed by his insights and wondering, 'Why didn’t I think of that?' And then it dawns on me, 'That's what C. S. Lewis and G. K. Chesterton do to me as well.' The Line Through the Heart is another destination in J. Budziszewski's philosophical quest to lead his readers to the promised land of the good, the true, and the beautiful, to guide us to that place where we have always been but can't seem to find.",
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                        "text": "The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of philosophical delights, the most lasting joys; the being towards or for whom all their efforts tend for whom and by whom fortunes are made and lost; for whom, but especially by whom, artists and poets compose their most delicate jewels; from whom flow the most enervating pleasures and the most enriching sufferings - woman, in a word, is not, for the artist in general... only the female of the human species. She is rather a divinity, a star.",
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                        "text": "I wanted to pack a lot into the lyric, but not go beyond its bounds. Some have written that I wanted to expand what the lyric could do. I just want the hugeness of experience-which includes philosophical discursiveness-to move at a rate of speed that kept it (because all within one unity of experience) emotional. Also, often, questions became the way the poems propelled themselves forward It brings the reader in as a listener to a confession[.] A poem is a private story, after all, no matter how apparently public. The reader is always overhearing a confession.",
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                        "text": "Let us say in passing that since (philosophical) remedies are often worse than the malady, our age, in order to be cured of the Plato sickness, has swallowed such doses of a relativist, vaguely skeptical, lightly spiritualist and insipidly moralist medicine, that it is in the process of gently dying, in the small bed of its supposed democratic comfort.",
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                        "text": "“Some things happen to us from which we never recover, and they disrupt the normalcy of our lives. That's how life is. Human nature has a tendency to try to reconstruct old ways and pick up where we left off. If we're wise, we won't continue to go back to the way things were (we can't anyway). We must instead forget the old standard and accept a 'new normal.”",
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