“From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.” PeopleAbsolutesRedemptionAppealsRefugeTreasonLatent Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays) Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)
“The universal and absolute law is that natural justice which cannot be written down, but which appeals to the hearts of all.” HeartLawNaturalJusticeWrittenUniversalAbsolutesAppealsNatural Justice Author:Victor Cousin
“And suddenly I rejoiced in the great security of the sea as compared with the unrest of the land, in my choice of that untempted life presenting no disquieting problems, invested with an elementary moral beauty by the absolute straightforwardness of its appeal and by the singleness of its purpose.” ProblemPurposeChoicesMoralSeaLandSecurityAbsolutesAppealsPresentingUnrestSingleness Book:Twixt Land and Sea Source: Twixt Land and Sea
“If there is no absolute beyond man's ideas, then there is no final appeal to judge between individuals and groups whose moral judgments conflict. We are merely left with conflicting opinions.” IfsMenIdeasIndividualLeftMoralOpinionGroupsJudgingConflictJudgmentAbsolutesFinalsAppealsMoral JudgmentConflicting Opinions Author:Francis Schaeffer
“How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? There is no one, no entity or higher form that she can appeal to, or be reconciled with, or that can forgive her. There is nothing outside her. In her imagination she has set the limits and the terms. No atonement for God, or novelists, even if they are atheists. It was always an impossible task, and that was precisely the point. The attempt was all.” IfsFormTermImaginationImpossibleAchieveHigherLimitsTasksAbsolutesForgivingAtheistAppealsNovelistsOutcomesEntityAtonementAbsolute Power Author:Ian Mcewan