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“Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--the rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.”

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Rodney Stark

Rodney Stark, born on July 8, 1934, is an esteemed American sociologist and scholar of religious studies. His research focuses on the sociology of religion, particularly the relationship between religion and modern society. Professor Stark is renowned in the academic community for his in-depth research and unique insights. more

“CHORUS OF NIGHT VOICES Come out, come out, wherever you are, you dreamers and drowners, you loafers and losers, you shadow-seekers and orphans of the sun. Come out, come out, you flops and fizzler, you good-for-nothings and down-and-outers, a day's outcasts, dark's little darlin's. Come on, all you who are misbegotten and woebegone, all you with black thoughts and red-fever-visions, come on, you small-town Ishmaels with your sad blue eyes, you plain Janes and hard-luck guys, come, you gripers and groaners, you goners and loners, you sad sack and shlemiels, come on, come on, you pale romantics and pie-eye Palookas, you has-beens and never-will-bes, you sun-mocked and day-doomed denizens of the dar: come out into the night.”

Everyone John Doe

Book:Enchanted Night

Source: Enchanted Night

“Le bonheur n'est pas une chose; c'est une pensée. Ce n'est pas un fait; c'est une invention. Ce n'est pas un état; c'est une action. Disons le mot: le bonheur est création.[...] C'est une praxis, disait- Aristote, et point une poiésis.”

Action Invention Bonheur Pensée

Book:Traité du désespoir et de la béatitude

Source: Traité du désespoir et de la béatitude

“La douleur n'est pas une affection qu'on épuise comme le plaisir.”

Pensée

Author:Francois-René Chateaubriand (de)

“Tout est en mouvement, la neige, l'eau, l'air, les arbres, les nuages, le vent, les villes, les villages, les gens et les pensées.”