Philosophy Quote by Bertrand Russell

Theology is the science of the divine lie.

— Mikhail Bakunin

“Philosophy, as I shall understand the word, is something intermediate between theology and science. Like theology, it consists of speculations on matters as to…

— Bertrand Russell

All definite knowledge - so I should contend - belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But…

— Bertrand Russell

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

— Takeshi Kitano

Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment…

— Francis Bacon

If somebody can create an absolute system of beliefs and rules of conduct that will guide a business man at eleven o'clock in the…

— Walter Lippmann

I firmly believe that the method which sets theological theories against scientifically ascertained facts, is fatal to the current theology and injurious to the…

— Lyman Abbott

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

— Henry Ward Beecher

For this knowledge of right living, we have sought a new name... . As theology is the science of religious life, and biology the…

— Ellen Swallow Richards

Science may be weird and incomprehensible--more weird and less comprehensible than any theology--but science works. It gets results. It can fly you to Saturn,…

— Richard Dawkins

“theology, the doctrine of God, which is always attacked and ridiculed by philosophy, which claims to be wisdom itself. And medicine, which always questions…

— August Strindberg

“We have already compared the benefits of theology and science. When the theologian governed the world, it was covered with huts and hovels for…

— Robert G. Ingersoll