Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Lucretius

Quote by Lucretius

“If God can do anything he can make a stone so heavy that even he can't lift it. Then there is something God cannot do, he cannot lift the stone. Therefore God does not exist.”

Quote by Lucretius

Create image

Author

Lucretius
Lucretius

Lucretius (99 BC - 55 BC) was a renowned Greek Roman poet, hailed as the peak of Greek Roman philosophical poetry. His work 'On the Nature of Things' presented the natural philosophical ideas of the Greek philosopher Democritus in poetic form, which had a profound impact on later generations. more

You May Also Like

“But what will happen even if we do burn down the Jews synagogues and forbid them publicly to praise God, to pray, to teach, to utter God's name? They will still keep doing it in secret. If we know that they are doing this in secret, it is the same as if they were doing it publicly. for our knowledge of their secret doings and our toleration of them implies that they are not secret after all and thus our conscience is encumbered with it before God.”

IfsKnowsStillsHappensNamesSecretTeachPrayingConsciencePraiseJewDoingsTolerationPraise GodSynagogue
Book:On the Jews & Their Lies
Create image

“They [rulers] must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn flesh, veins, bone, and marrow. Such a procedure must also be followed in this instance. Burn down their synagogues, forbid all that I enumerated earlier, force them to work, and deal harshly with them, as Moses did... If this does not help we must drive them out like mad dogs.”

IfsDoeHelpingForceDealsSawsCuttingDogMercyMadBonesFleshInstanceRulersPhysiciansVeinsProceduresMosesMarrowSynagogueMad Dogs
Author:Martin Luther
Create image