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.... This wonderful house you built; the memories, the work, the fun...I’m glad no one will live here after us—it would be sacrilege.’ ‘Coming from an atheist them’s powerful words.’ ‘You know what I mean. Are you sorry to be leaving?’ ‘Not if I think about it rationally. We’ve had an excellent life. I’m not greedy, and politically we know it’s impossible. My brain woul...
...t the existence of the Devil, except here and there one, whom we call practical atheists; and it is the character of an atheist, if there is such a ... ... THE DEMONSTRATION OF METALLIC TRANSMUTATION, AFFINITY, AND THE SECRET OF PHILOSOPHERS; OR, HOW TO CHANGE LED INTO QUICKSILVER.—Let there be o...
...the world, I had no dearth of reading material about and from the various philosophers. But somehow I could never completely agree with any one of th... ... thrown out of your system. This individual is neither a theist nor an atheist nor an agnostic. He is what he is. The movement that has been crea... ...ess of life. There you have an example. They are all great metaphysicians, philosophers, everlastingly discussing these things, but it doesn't operat...
...d to the millennium. It is not the millennium of the scripture, but the optimism of the philosophers which they are looking forward to; and the Spiri... ... will. Or in other words, the justest code which hath ever been devised in the idea of’ philosophers, or embodied in the codes of legislators, neith... ...f knowledge do bring of his appetite and desire after the prophetic office. A nation of atheists would be to me as great a wonder as a nation of idio... ...to me, able to sustain the whole. By this method, for more than a century, our physical philosophers have proceeded in the study of nature; neither ... ...hings upon the ancient system of Ptolemy; I ask this explanation of the most celebrated philosophers and astronomers, Egyptian, Greek, Arabian, and ... ...e in the prophecy, signify? It signifies, or may signify, either the philosophy, or the philosophers who in those times wrote against the Christians ... ...nitence, without excluding from the number, the gentiles, the mahometans, the heretics, atheists and Jews? What think you, friend, of this consequen...
...ur thinking. They are absolutely basic to our thinking and our behavior. Philosophers generally realize that they have such assumptions. They call t... ... They call them metaphysics--meaning beyond the physical world. ―Philosophers usually see the world as basically ‗matter‘ or as basically ‗i... ...Matter then comes from God, the ultimate idea. ―Certainly not all philosophers agree. Plato saw the basis, the primary starting point, as ‗i... ...department at Loyola University. The U.C.L.A. professor called himself an atheist. The Catholic priest from Loyola obviously believed in God. They d... ...o judges but is not engaged in the world. 5% of the people said they were atheists. ―It was noted that college educated people or people ea... ...y conservative religionists. But then as I think of it, even the strongly atheistic people can make big noises. A small part of that 5% of atheists w... ..., God or matter. Is there a God. ―Naturally some theologians and philosophers have attempted to prove that a Supernatural exists by using e... ...ke much sense for a politician in a democracy to say he was a deist or an atheist. He would have about a zero chance of getting elected. Your Republ... ...eaven. ―Deists wouldn‘t believe in it. Neither would agnostics or atheists. Based on that Baylor study, that might include many of those non...
...7% that same as a chimpanzee and about 60% the same as a chicken, we would have to assume that we have some instincts. ―Psychologists, philos... ...n.‖ 9 —―But doesn‘t Russell‘s thinking refute his theory? Did his atheis... ...s freely and correctly. 10 ―I think that many who have become atheis... ...d. By the same token, have people who were raised without religion but then converted also used some free will in so doing?‖ --―As an atheis... ...d our reliance on faith and hope. Theologians have given us many ideas of what we are and what approaches to life we need to take to be happy. Philos... ...loudly—are all possible activities of holy people in most religions. In fact just believing in an afterlife gives you a power over the stupid atheis... ...ove as it is now defined. The idea of love can be based primarily on the knowledge of science, but is tempered by insights and speculations of philos... ...s meaning in life, or searches for meaning, it is a sign of being psychologically healthy and happy. One might look at the artists and poets, philos... ... | atheis...
...impossible. Agostoni Steuco of Gubbio was right, the differences between philosophers are undifferentiable. Leibniz's expression <true in all possi... ...uce the competitions, and thus the progress. My opinion is that some philosophers grope, stumble. They don't have clear ideas or systems, or e... ... it, therefore God is not immortal. Divine Paradox (II): Can God be atheist, governed by scientific laws? If God can be atheist, then God does... ...ivity] (Emile Cioran). And a sage: There is no philosophy, there are only philosophers. Therefore philosophers without philosophy! But reciprocall... ...phers without philosophy! But reciprocally: is there a philosophy without philosophers? "Any big philosophy ends up into a platitude" (Constanti... ...multaneously. They may not be separated, as the materialist and idealist philosophers tried to do; and not only the psychic is the superior result ... ...is immaterial (because 'idea' is 'immaterial'). Some clericalist are atheist on the account they transform the church into a business and the r... ... Wouldn't it be possible to set up in the calendar a religious holiday for atheists? We should realize that sometimes the beautiness is ugliness,...
...joint venture with religions? Neutrosophy surpassed the limits of Western philosophers like Hegel, and is seeking all possible joint ventures. People... ...nopolies reduce competition, and thus progress. My opinion is that some philosophers grope and stumble. They don't have clear ideas or systems, or... ...ychic natures. They may not be separated, as the materialist and idealist philosophers tried to do. Not only is the psychic the superior result of th... ... never be the perfect form of communication, and in this sense there are “philosophers knowing nothing of philosophy.”) (The philosophy of philosoph... ...principles or elements: the air, the fire, the water, and the earth. Some philosophers in this school added a fifth element: the ether [explained in ... ... a teacher.) Wouldn't it be possible to set up a religious holiday for atheists in the calendar? (Then is neutrosophy a kind of god? Or is it a r... ...nature of reality, and so need the proper education. FS: I’m theist and atheist. FL: I wonder what Dr. Smarandache means by “theist,” but I am n...
...succession of societies and cultures discriminated against the ignorant, criminals, atheists, females, homosexuals, members of ethnic, religious, or... ...quality with economic and psychological realities within an impatient timetable. Philosophers tried to specify a "bundle" or "package" of goods, ... ...one of us will be too happy with a standardized bundle, selected by a committee of philosophers - or bureaucrats, as was the case under communism. ... ... that some things are more nearly certain than others." Bertrand Russell, "Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic?" "Most of us can learn to live in perfe... .... This, then, is a great change of even greater consequences. Let us remember that philosophers have been the legislators in later centuries (laws ...
...t the clothesline with her mother made her into a misogynist, a stoic and an atheist. From this time at the clothesline she learned that everything w... ...ar of light the way the so-called prophet, Joseph Smith had been-only, being atheist, her pillar was only silver. She knew that a personification of ... ... makes my sister feel like she is back in St. Petersburg." "Not Christian or atheist, but a devout church going non-believer." She inadvertently mumbl... ...other non-Parmenidetian activity that was paradise to the masses and vile to philosophers and contemplatives would have caused her to grab the nearest... ...a more internal brooding in the Hokkaido cold. She had feasted on poets and philosophers. She had learnt of Japanese history, art, and traditional m... ...ed guest in the audience of a great symposium. Not being satisfied with her atheistic conclusions in this strange world, she was again left with the ... ...y that had tossed the chemicals of inchoate matter, then cloistered artists, philosophers, and other contemplatives would be the dominant force on the... ...nquil and permanent entity, God, by which to ease her pain, and yet being an atheist there was none. For atheists like her there were just ideas to b...
...sider only organisms with extremities and the ability to feel pain? Historically, philosophers like Kant (and Descartes, Malebranche, and Aquinas)... ... structurally and functionally. The equivalent in the brain is sometimes called by philosophers and psychologists "a-priori categories", or "the co... ...e Moreover, in life, the human body and form are considered by most religions (and philosophers) to be the abode of the soul, the divine spark that... ...of upbringing and conditioning rather than anything innate. Causes, External Some philosophers say that our life is meaningless because it has a p... ... Moreover, in daily usage we treat facts (as well as events) as causes. Not all the philosophers are in agreement regarding factual causation. Davi... ...on) and 1989 (the demise of Communism) is likely to be remembered as a liberal and atheistic intermezzo, separating two vast eons of religiosity an... ...s he is and disregarded his actions – is irrelevant. And if you are agnostic or an atheist, still you can replace the word ‘God' by the words ‘Soci... ...succession of societies and cultures discriminated against the ignorant, criminals, atheists, females, homosexuals, members of ethnic, religious, or...
...ey are rare, incredible and prodigious; so answered Diagoras surnamed the Atheist (being in Samothrace) to him, who in shewing him diver's vowes and ... ...eir number, are not here set-forth.' Cicero saith, That amongst all other Philosophers that have avowed and acknowledged the Gods, onely Xenophanes ... ...t goe seeke what our neighbours report of the Cataracts of Nile; and what Philosophers deeme of the celestiall musicke, which is, that the bodies of... ...ers of estate, to have been therewithall excellently wise. And concerning Philosophers, retired from all publike negotiations, they have indeed some... ...bear/montaigne/1xxiv.htm (2 of 10)4/10/2005 3:38:17 AM Montaigne's Essays Philosophers in speaking. As for those Philosophers, I say, that as they we... ...e sufficient than another. Aristo Chius had heretofore reason to say that Philosophers did much hurt their auditors, forasmuch as the greatest number... ..., to establish and verifie all the articles of Christian religion against Atheists. Wherein (to say truth) I find him so resolute and so happy, as I... ... to the advantage of the opinions he hath fore-judged in himselfe. 'To an Atheist all writings make for Atheisme. He with his owne venome infecteth ...
...ily. Only then can we reach the utopian goal that has been the dream of the philosophers and saints who have preceded us. “But I want to see ... ...us. It just happens that some people on the 50 left, like Karl Marx, are atheists. But you have atheists on the conservative side too! You also h...
...of creating models for the world, according to the outlook of the ancient philosophers may seem naive, one cannot neglect the fact that the selection... ...e divineness, but to the idylic, mystical image of the world. The ancient philosophers, including Democritus, are not atheists but at most non-mythic... ...age of the world. The ancient philosophers, including Democritus, are not atheists but at most non-mythical. The modeling of the concepts, including... ...on act for the Darwinian theory. This theory is not anti-creationist, nor atheistic; it is not Darwin who stated that the world was created by evolu... ...lves as belonging to the spiritualist philosophical trend represented by philosophers such as Descartes, Leibniz or Hegel, invoking ″pro domo″ the s... ... one, far from being beneficent, has an indoctrinating, or even worse, an atheistic, or merely demonical role. Critical notes of the reader: 6. T... ...ementioned one, may be found in the anthropological theories of the great philosophers: Leibniz , in “ Monadology “ takes in con... ...dmits the profane as a complementarity to sacredness, leaving no place to atheistic manifestations. In contrast with Malraux‘s assertion, the MESER ... ...itably discrepant, one should prefer a world which is not mystical and not atheistic but governed by reason. Critical notes of the reader: 77 ...
...buktu and to the Muslim scholars to its east. There was a history of great philosophers of Greece—Democritus, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates. There were ... ...l power of educated, wise and socially conscious citizens. Wise political philosophers expected that the electorate‘s decisions would evolve heaven... ...k they know. The Amish think they know. The Catholics think they know. The atheists think they know. The Republicans think they know. The Democrats ...
...ce, and humanity has often suffered from the unsubstantiated conclu- sions of philosophers. Most modern scientists have rejected this kind of resear... ...r Governance expect reward or punishment for their actions in the next world. Atheists expect it in this world. Because they expect reward or punish... ...huda Ashlag), such as Talmud Eser Sefirot and Zohar. Although scientists and philosophers will delight in its illumination, laymen will also enjoy ...
...d tradition have been elaborated in countless writings by Indian religious philosophers over the centuries. For the purpose of examining the backgroun... ...nst the very premises of Hinduism, and established the world’s first known atheist religion. In this he was prompted by the impression made upon him b... ...rn presuppositions which owe their origin to the work of Western religious philosophers. The effect of this is that we have virtually no formulated co... ... as the Supreme Reality viewed from its many angles. 21 Though theological philosophers in India came to understand the gods to be the many various wa... ...ms, Ultimate Reality is usually spoken of in personal terms, while for the atheistic Buddhism, Ultimate Reality is spoken of as a state, a condition t... ... theological leaders in Christianity, and the teachings of Greek and Roman philosophers came to predominate in an uneasy blend with tradi- tional Jewi... ...t the Jewish stress that only one God exists, a view that most non- Jewish philosophers and intellectuals had already come to accept, yet at the same ... ...readiness of God to find and to accept whoever is willing. In Buddhism, an atheistic religion, liberation is not the act of anyone. It occurs, when it...
...succession of societies and cultures discriminated against the ignorant, criminals, atheists, females, homosexuals, members of ethnic, religious, or... ... equality with economic and psychological realities within an impatient timetable. Philosophers tried to specify a "bundle" or "package" of goods, ... ...one of us will be too happy with a standardized bundle, selected by a committee of philosophers - or bureaucrats, as was the case under communism. ...
...rise the progress (phenomenon and notion denied by many contemporary history philosophers)? The strong and flagrant contradiction between what has b... ...-s-miles. RELIGION Church burns down Holy smoke. NON BE-LIE-VERS Atheist No invisible means of support. 256 C. MULROONEY (USA) P...