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“I began to realise that the most profound wisdom of man is preserved in the answers given by faith, and that I did not have the right to negate them on the grounds of reason and, above all, that it is these answers alone that can reply to the question of life.”

Book:A Confession and Other Religious Writings

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A Confession and Other Religious Writings

This book compiles a selection of religious-themed essays and confessional pieces, exploring various spiritual and religious themes. more

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Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“Liberalism postulated the rational and 'progressive' evolutionary nature of the historical process. Besides success it upheld pragmatism, tolerance and compromise as the principal political virtues. At the core of the liberal outlook stood the 'idea of limits'. It abhorred excess and extremism; it believed that 'absolutist' thought of any sort assured at least failure if not perdition. All problems were seen as soluble with the application of reason; and reason, Liberals believed, ultimately did prevail. Reason, in fact, suffused all and was identified with reality.”

Reason Liberalism

Book:The Roots of Appeasement: The British Weekly Press and Nazi Germany During 1930s

Source: The Roots of Appeasement: The British Weekly Press and Nazi Germany During 1930s

“Shorter windows give you less perspective.”

Reason Perspective Window Insight Access Evaluate Discern Contimplate

Author:Wyatt B. Pringle, Jr.

“Be brave in the face of those who would ostracize you for using your reason above the “word of God”. Dodge whatever Holy Book they happen to throw at you.”

Reason Philosophy Humor Morality Ethics Word Of God Holy Book Religious Criticism

Author:Kassandra Dick

“If truth is to be victorious in her conflict of forces, she must herself first become a force and appoint some drive to be her champion in the realm of phenomena; for drives are the only motive forces in the sensible world. If she has hitherto displayed so little of her conquering power, this was due, not to the intellect that was powerless to unveil her, but to the heart that closed itself against her, and to the drive that refused to act on her behalf.”

Reason Philosophy Epistemology Kant Schiller