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“A false idea is not only one which is absolutely subjective but one which is absolutely objective.”

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A. D. Gordon, born on June 9, 1856, and died on February 22, 1922, was an enigmatic writer and thinker. His works spanned various fields, including philosophy, religion, and social criticism. more

“You work here [on the farm] simply without philosophizing; sometimes the work is hard and crowded with pettiness. But at times you feel a surge of cosmic exaltation, like the clear light of the heavens... . And you, too, seem to be taking root in the soil which you are digging, to be nourished by the rays of the sun, to share life with the tiniest blade of grass, with each flower; living in nature's depths, you seem then to rise and grow into the vast expanse of the universe.”

Feels Sometimes Hard Light Seems Universe Heaven Grows Sun Clear Share Land Flower Roots Depth Grass Soil Farms Rays Cosmic Blades Crowded Digging Exaltation Expanse Blades Of Grass Pettiness

Author:A. D. Gordon

“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”

Men Littles Soul Slave Dear Little Man

Author:A. D. Gordon

“The soul should be examined in the light of other souls.”

Should Soul Light

Author:A. D. Gordon

“Imagination is the mad boarder.”

Imagination Mad

Author:Nicolas Malebranche

“We can always make ourselves liked provided we act likable, but we cannot always make ourselves esteemed, no matter what our merits are.”

Matter Respect No Matter What Merit

Author:Nicolas Malebranche

“God joins us together by means of the body, in consequence of the laws of the communication of movements. He affects us with the same feelings in consequence of the laws of the conjunction of body and soul.”

Mean Soul Feelings Body Together Law Movement Communication Consequence Conjunctions

Author:Nicolas Malebranche

“He has willed - He wills incessantly - that the modifications of the mind and those of the body shall be reciprocal. This is the conjunction and the natural dependence of the two parts of which we are constituted.”

Mind Two Body Natural Dependence Incessantly Reciprocal Modification Conjunctions

Book:Dialogues on Metaphysics

Source: Dialogues on Metaphysics

“Our soul is not united to our body in the ordinary sense of these terms. It is immediately and directly united to God alone.”

Soul Body Term United Ordinary

Author:Nicolas Malebranche

“Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.”

Prejudice Coats

Book:Dialogues on Metaphysics

Source: Dialogues on Metaphysics

“Basically, after an ABC sitcom I did, I ended up with a holding deal with 20th Century Fox. Absolutely cool. It pays you to be unemployed. And the bigger the entity that gives you the deal, the better.”

Giving Deals Pay Century Bigger Entity Foxes 20th Century Unemployed Sitcom

Author:Nathan Fillion

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