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religion, the most powerful of the elements which have entered into the formation of moral feeling, having almost always been governed either by the ambition of a hierarchy, seeking control over every department of human conduct, or by the spirit of Puritanism. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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أسمع من المحيط إلى الخليج أن من لا يقدر على إفهامنا لم تحل معادلات الدرجة الثانية بالطريقة التي تحل بها يخرف حول ابستمولوجية السقوط الحر ونسبية اينشتاين خلطا بين التعليقات الإيديولوجية والنفسية على مايزعم جاريا في وعي العلماء وتصوراتهم وبين فهم آليات الإبداع العلمي وقوانينه ↗

— أبو يعرب المرزوقي

#hermeneutics #intellectual #literature #mind #philosophy

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new. ↗

— Epictetus

#reincarnation #religion #religion

And the Buddha pointed out that his confusion was justified, for 'the dharma is profound, difficult to see, difficult to understand, peaceful, excellent, beyond the sphere of logic, subtle, and to be understood by the wise'. The reason for this is that it is not readily comprehended by one who holds a different view and has different learnings and inclinations, different involvements and instruction. It is clear from this statement that the conception of nibbāna in beyond logical reasoning, not because it is an Ultimate Reality transcending logic, but because logic or reason, being the 'slave of passions', makes it difficult for one who has a passion for an alien tradition to understand the conception of nibbāna. ↗

— David J. Kalupahana

#buddhism #logic #nirvana #philosophy #reason

The most dangerous aspect of religion is its tendency to glorify the absurd and justify the abhorrent. ↗

— Stifyn Emrys

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The most common sort of lie is that by which a man deceives himself: the deception of others is a relatively rare offense. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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لعل أخطر ما يجابه أي تجربة في التحول الديمقراطي هو التعامل مع الأفكار بصرف النظر عن نوعها ومصدرها- كمطلق ينبغي تكراره; وأعني من حيث ما تنطوي عليه الإطلاقية, عموماً, من الإهدار الكامل للفكرة الإنسانية. وإذا كانت الفكرة الدينية هي الأكثر إغراء بالتعامل معها كمطلق, فإن تحليلاً لظاهرة الدين والوحي, علي العموم, ينتهي إلي وجوب الوعي بدخول العنصر البشري, علي نحو حاسم, في التركيب المنطقي واللغوي والتاريخي لتلك الظاهرة; وعلي النحو الذي يستحيل معه استيعابها خارج تحديدات الشرط الإنساني أبداً ↗

— علي مبروك

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Any ideology that places more emphasis on winning converts than on sound philosophy is sadly misguided. By this reasoning, all of our political parties and most of our religions are sadly misguided. ↗

— Michel Templet

#politics #religion #religion

Religious distress is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions. ↗

— Karl Marx

#philosophy #politics #religion #religion

We hold the future still timidly, but perceive it for the first time as a function of our own action. ↗

— J.D. Bernal

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