--- title: "1 World Sacred Quotes By Daniel C. Dennett" description: "1 World Sacred quotes by Daniel C. Dennett. Plus more from Daniel C. Dennett and more World Sacred sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea0/daniel-c-dennett-17655_evolution_is-this-tree-of-life-a-god-one-could-wor_745213.jpg" --- > [“Is this Tree of Life a God one could worship? Pray to? Fear? Probably not. But it did make the ivy twine and the sky so blue, so perhaps the song I love tells a truth after all. The Tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/is-this-tree-of-life-a-god-one-could-worship-pray-to-fear-probably/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea0/daniel-c-dennett-17655_evolution_is-this-tree-of-life-a-god-one-could-wor_745213.jpg) ## More by Daniel C. Dennett > [“It is not “scientism” to concede the objectivity and precision of good science, any more than it is history worship to concede that Napoleon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/it-is-not-scientism-to-concede-the-objectivity-and-precision-of-good/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“Some years ago, there was a lovely philosopher of science and journalist in Italy named Giulio Giorello, and he did an interview with me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/some-years-ago-there-was-a-lovely-philosopher-of-science-and/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [ “I think we should stop treating \["God works in mysterious ways"\] as any kind of wisdom and recognize it as the transparently defensive propaganda… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/i-think-we-should-stop-treating-god-works-in-mysterious-ways-as-any/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“Nobody ever became a famous philosopher by being a champion of ecumenical hybridism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/nobody-ever-became-a-famous-philosopher-by-being-a-champion-of/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“human beings are actually more closely related to the two species of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes, the familiar chimp, and Pan paniscus, the rare, smaller…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/human-beings-are-actually-more-closely-related-to-the-two-species-of/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“Is this Tree of Life a God one could worship? Pray to? Fear? Probably not. But it did make the ivy twine and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/is-this-tree-of-life-a-god-one-could-worship-pray-to-fear-probably/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“But if it is true that human minds are themselves to a very great degree the creations of memes, then we cannot sustain the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/but-if-it-is-true-that-human-minds-are-themselves-to-a-very-great/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“prosaic, pedestrian example, but everything”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/prosaic-pedestrian-example-but-everything/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“This 'web of discourses' as Robyn called it...is as much a biological product as any of the other constructions to be found in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/this-web-of-discourses-as-robyn-called-it-is-as-much-a-biological/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“We can now expose perhaps the most common misunderstanding of Darwinism: the idea that Darwin showed that evolution by natural selection is a procedure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/we-can-now-expose-perhaps-the-most-common-misunderstanding-of/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“Carpenters don’t make their saws and hammers, tailors don’t make their scissors and needles, and plumbers don’t make their wrenches, but blacksmiths can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/carpenters-don-t-make-their-saws-and-hammers-tailors-don-t-make-their/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“As I have often noted, a wagon with spoked wheels doesn’t just carry grain or freight from place to place; it carries the brilliant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/as-i-have-often-noted-a-wagon-with-spoked-wheels-doesn-t-just-carry/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“Our fundamental tactic of self-protection, self-control, and self-definition is not spinning webs or building dams, but telling stories, and more particularly connecting and controlling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/our-fundamental-tactic-of-self-protection-self-control-and-self/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“There is a species of primate in South America more gregarious than most other mammals, with a curious behavior.The members of this species often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/there-is-a-species-of-primate-in-south-america-more-gregarious-than/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) > [“atheists and agnostics can have sacred values, values that are simply not up for re-evaluation at all. I have sacred”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/atheists-and-agnostics-can-have-sacred-values-values-that-are-simply/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-sacred/daniel-c-dennett/#itemlist", "name": "1 World Sacred Quotes By Daniel C. 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