George Santayana Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer. Scepticism and Animal Faith
Francis Bacon For knowledge is itself power. Of Herecies
Bertrand Russell I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organised in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. Why I Am Not A Christian
Friedrich Nietzsche Morality in Europe today is herd animal morality - in other words, as we understand it, merely one type of human morality besides which, before which, and after which many other types, above all higher moralities, are, or ought to be, possible. Beyond Good and Evil
H.G. Gadamer Science is no longer the quintessence of knowledge and of what is worth knowing, but a way. It is a way of addressing and penetrating into unexplored and unmasked realms. What is Practice?
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