#metaphysic

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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That afternoon She listened to the grievances of the dead from two warring nations. Both sides had suffered, both sides had legitimate grievances, both pled their cases earnestly. She covered Her ears and moaned in misery. She knew Her humans were multidimensional and She could no longer live under the rigid architecture of Her youthful choices. ↗

— David Eagleman

#ontology #religion #architecture

I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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I teach metaphysics and pastor a church. ↗

— Della Reese

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Art's development should be dialectical and not metaphysical. ↗

— Robert Smithson

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Do not be afraid of the word 'theory'. Yes, it can sound dauntingly abstract at times, and in the hands of some writers can appear to have precious little to do with the actual, visual world around us. Good theory however, is an awesome thing. [...] But unless we actually use it, it borders on the metaphysical and might as well not be used at all. ↗

— Richard Howells

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Morality is totally God’s standard, and his standards and conditions are revealed to us through his written word, the Scriptures (The Bible). ↗

— Reid A. Ashbaucher

#nature-of-god #nature-of-man #philosophy-of-religion #reid-ashbaucher #change

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

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I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me. I think I have no senses. I believe that body, shape, extension, motion, location are functions. What is there then that can be taken as true? Perhaps only this one thing, that nothing at all is certain. ↗

— René Descartes

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