Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Work

Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

This book is a compilation of short, insightful essays that explore a wide range of topics, encouraging readers to think critically and appreciate the power of succinct expression. more

Author

Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton was an English writer active from 1780 to 1832. Known for his humor and wit, he is particularly recognized for his aphorisms and satirical works. more

You May Also Like

“"God", "immortality of the soul", "redemption", "beyond" - Without exception, concepts to which I have never devoted any attention, or time; not even as a child. Perhaps I have never been childlike enough for them? I do not by any means know atheism as a result; even less as an event: It is a matter of course with me, from instinct. I am too inquisitive, too questionable, too exuberant to stand for any gross answer. God is a gross answer, an indelicacy against us thinkers - at bottom merely a gross prohibition for us: you shall not think!”

ThinkingKnowsMeanChildrenSoulMatterEnoughCoursesAnswersResultsAttentionAtheismEventsConceptsInstinctBottomPositive AtheismRedemptionImmortalityExceptionThinkerDevotedGrossProhibitionChildlikeQuestionableInquisitive
Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche
Create image

“Historical refutation as the definitive refutation.- In former times, one sought to prove that there is no God - today one indicates how the belief that there is a God arose and how this belief acquired its weight and importance: a counter-proof that there is no God thereby becomes superfluous.- When in former times one had refuted the 'proofs of the existence of God' put forward, there always remained the doubt whether better proofs might not be adduced than those just refuted: in those days atheists did not know how to make a clean sweep.”

KnowsMightTodayBeliefExistenceChristianityKnow HowDoubtAtheismProveWeightImportanceCleanHistoricalAtheistProofFormerThere Is No GodSuperfluousExistence Of GodRefutation
Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
Create image

“There is no logical impossibility in the hypothesis that the world sprang into being five minutes ago, exactly as it then was, with a population that "remembered" a wholly unreal past. There is no logically necessary connection between events at different times; therefore nothing that is happening now or will happen in the future can disprove the hypothesis that the world began five minutes ago.”

WorldDifferentHappensPastFiveAtheismMinutesEventsHappeningsConnectionsPopulationRememberedLogicalHypothesisImpossibilityFive MinutesUnrealDifferent Times
Book:The Analysis of Mind
Create image