“A divine revelation must necessarily be intolerant of contradiction; it must repudiate all improvement in itself, and view with disdain that arising from the progressive intellectual development of man.” MenViewsAtheismDivineDevelopmentIntellectualPositive AtheismImprovementRevelationsContradictionProgressiveDisdainDivine RevelationIntellectual Development Book:History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science: By John William Draper ... Source: History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science: By John William Draper ...
“The scientific study of Nature tends not only to correct and ennoble the intellectual conceptions of man; it serves also to ameliorate his physical condition.” MenNatureStudyConditionsIntellectualConception Book:History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science Source: History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
“I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight our obligations to the Muhammadans. Surely they cannot be much longer hidden. Injustice founded on religious rancour and national conceit cannot be perpetuated forever. The Arab has left his intellectual impress on Europe. He has indelibly written it on the heavens as any one may see who reads the names of the stars on a common celestial globe.” MayLiteratureNamesLeftHeavenStarsReligiousCommonForeverWrittenIntellectualEuropeSightInjusticeObligationGlobesImpressConceitCelestialSystematic Author:John William Draper
