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philosophy mind unison
It is a faculty of the human mind to become what it contemplates, and to act in unison with its object. Thomas Paine
philosophy knowledge men
The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical and mechanical science, are a continual source of tranquil pleasure, and in spite of the gloomy dogmas of priests and of superstition, the study of these things is the true theology; it teaches man to know and admire the Creator, for the principles of science are in the creation, and are unchangeable and of divine origin.
philosophy benefits tendencies
Whatever has a tendency to promote the civil intercourse of nations by an exchange of benefits is a subject as worthy of philosophy as of politics.
philosophy circles study
That which is now called natural philosophy, embracing the whole circle of science, of which astronomy occupies the chief place, is the study of the works of God, and of the power and wisdom of God in his works, and is the true theology.
philosophy sacrifice sanctuary
In truth, the laboratory is the forecourt of the temple of philosophy, and whoso has not offered sacrifices and undergone purification there has little chance of admission into the sanctuary. Thomas Huxley
philosophy men infidelity
The sceptics end in the infidelity which asserts the problem to be insoluble, or in the atheism which denies the existence of any orderly progress and governance of things: the men of genius propound solutions which grow into systems of Theology or of Philosophy, or veiled in musical language which suggests more than it asserts, take the shape of the Poetry of an epoch.
philosophy feelings poachers
The quarrels of theologians and philosophers have not been about religion, but about philosophy; and philosophers not unfrequently seem to entertain the same feeling toward theologians that sportsmen cherish toward poachers.
philosophy opposites fundamentals
My fundamental axiom of speculative philosophy is that materialism and spiritualism are opposite poles of the same absurdity-the absurdity of imagining that we know anything about either spirit or matter.
philosophy science
Science never makes an advance until philosophy authorizes it to do so. Thomas E. Mann
opposites birth-life life-is
Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal. Eckhart Tolle
opposites interesting
The opposite of coherent is interesting. Seth Godin
opposites government video
I had a back-and-forth where I asked Donald Trump, is it true or false that he said the government should pay for everyone's health care? He said it's false. Listen, within minutes, we put out a video just contrasting what he said there with video of him just a few months earlier saying exactly the opposite. Ted Cruz
opposites people abuse
People always say the abused abuse and it is not true. I am totally the opposite. Michael Jackson
opposites romance want
When I was young, I liked romance. But to me, romance is the opposite of domestic life. I just don't want anyone in the apartment, not for longer than a few hours. Fran Lebowitz
opposites trying lines
Some actors count their lines as soon as they receive a script. I'm the opposite. I try to see how many lines I can whittle down. You can say just as much in 4 as you can in 14. Glenn Ford
opposites two ends
Love and fear are the two opposite ends of the continuum, as far as I'm concerned. When we are not in love, we are in fear. Jack Canfield
opposites scare not-afraid
I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete - that's what scares me. J. D. Salinger
opposites space duration
To fly is the opposite of traveling: you cross a gap in space, you vanish into the void, you accept not being in a place for a duration that is itself a kind of void in time; then you reappear, in a place and in a moment with no relation to the where and when in which you vanished. Italo Calvino