Faith Quote by Fazlur Rahman

“One of the basic tenets of all metaphysical systems of thought is that we create our own reality in accord with our beliefs.”

— Mary Greer

“Metaphysics is… at the root of all other sciences, which indeed presuppose it. It has been abandoned by the modern mind, which seems to…

— Dom Eugene Boylan

“In the same way, any ethical system which aspires to be true ethics and to bear a normative and teleological character, not falling into…

— Herman Bavinck

“Human understanding is limited—and the things that metaphysics seeks to know, we can never know.”

— T.Z. Lavine

“Given that the `common sense' of many contemporary philosophers is shaped and supplemented by ideas from classical physics, the locus of most metaphysical discussions…

— James Ladyman

“Given that the `common sense' of many contemporary philosophers is shaped and supplemented by ideas from classical physics, the locus of most metaphysical discussions…

— James Ladyman

“In periods when shallow speculation is rife, one might think that metaphysics would shine forth, at least, by the brilliance of its modest reserve.…

— Jacques Maritain

“The accusation of metaphysics has become in philosophy something like the accusation of being a security risk in the public service. I do not…

— Bertrand Russell

But to proceed in this reconciling project with regard to the question of liberty and necessity; the most contentious question of metaphysics, the most…

— David Hume

Metaphysics is the clearing house for all fundamental philosophical problems.

— Joseph Alexander Leighton

“You are metaphysicians. You can prove anything by metaphysics; and having done so, every metaphysician can prove every other metaphysician wrong—to his own satisfaction.…

— Jack London

“What is it that makes a person insist passionately on the existence of metaphysical realities that can be neither demonstrated nor refuted? I suppose…

— Stephen Batchelor