Philosophy Quotes by Sam Harris

“Religious moderates seem to believe that what we need is not radical insight and innovation in these areas but a mere dilution…

— Sam Harris

The moral truth here is obvious: anyone who feels that the interests of a blastocyst just might supersede the interests of a…

— Sam Harris

“Ideas matter—and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a…

— Sam Harris

There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on…

— Sam Harris

Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the…

— Sam Harris

“Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply an admission of the obvious.”

— Sam Harris

The deity who stalked the deserts of the Middle East millennia ago-and who seems to have abandoned them to bloodshed in his…

— Sam Harris

I don't think there's an interesting boundary between philosophy and science. Science is totally beholden to philosophy. There are philosophical assumptions in…

— Sam Harris

The problem of vindicating an omnipotent and omniscient God in the face of evil is insurmountable. Those who claim to have surmounted…

— Sam Harris

Faith drives a wedge between ethics and suffering. Where certain actions cause no suffering at all, religious dogmatists still maintain that they…

— Sam Harris

“It is inevitable, therefore, that some approaches to politics, economics, science, and even spirituality and ethics will be objectively better than their…

— Sam Harris

“Religious moderation, insofar as it represents an attempt to hold on to what is still serviceable in orthodox religion, closes the door…

— Sam Harris

We can either have a twenty-first-century conversation about morality and the human well-being - a conversation in which we avail ourselves of…

— Sam Harris

“It is generally argued that our experience of free will presents a compelling mystery: On the one hand, we can't make sense…

— Sam Harris

Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even…

— Sam Harris

“The deity who stalked the deserts of the Middle East millennia ago - and who seems to have abandoned them to bloodshed…

— Sam Harris

One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest…

— Sam Harris

“Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply an admission of the obvious.…

— Sam Harris

“We can no longer ignore the fact that billions of our neighbors believe in the metaphysics of martyrdom, or in the literal…

— Sam Harris

“The problem of vindicating an omnipotent and omniscient God in the face of evil (this is traditionally called the problem of theodicy)…

— Sam Harris

“Faith drives a wedge between ethics and suffering. Where certain actions cause no suffering at all, religious dogmatists still maintain that they…

— Sam Harris

“Losing a belief in free will has not made me fatalistic—in fact, it has increased my feelings of freedom. My hopes, fears,…

— Sam Harris

“Not learning how to read is not another style of literacy, and not learning to see others as ends in themselves is…

— Sam Harris

“Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply an admission of the obvious.…

— Sam Harris