“Only through blind Instinct, in which the only possible guidance of the Imperative is awanting, does the Power in Intuition remain undetermined; where it is schematised as absolute it becomes infinite; and where it is presented in a determinate form, as a principle, it becomes at least manifold. By the above-mentioned act of Intelligising, the Power liberates itself from Instinct, to direct itself towards Unity.” DoeFormPrinciplesDirectAbsolutesInfiniteBlindUnityInstinctIntuitionGuidanceImperativesManifold Author:Johann Gottlieb Fichte
“Read a work on the "Evidences of Christianity," and it may become highly probable that Christianity, etc., are true. This is an opinion. Feel God. Do His will, till the Absolute Imperative within you speaks as with a living voice, "Thou shalt, and thou shalt not;" and then you do not think, you know that there is a God.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsMaySpeakVoiceChristianityOpinionEvidenceAbsolutesEtcWithin YouImperatives Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“the solution to racism lies in our ability to see its ubiquity but not to concede its inevitability. It lies in the collective and institutional power to make change, at least as much as with the individual will to change. It also lies in the absolute moral imperative to break the childish, deadly circularity of centuries of blindness to the shimmering brilliance of our common, ordinary humanity.” LyingHumanityIndividualAbilityCommonMoralBreakCenturyRacismSolutionsOrdinaryAbsolutesCollectivesBlindnessImperativesBrillianceInevitabilityAbility To SeeCircularityUbiquity Book:Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race Source: Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race
“Liberalism regards all absolutes with profound skepticism, including both moral imperatives and final solutions... Insistence upon any particular solution is the mark of an ideologue.” FaithFreedomResponsibilityLibertyMoralKnowledgeParticularSolutionsMarkAbsolutesRegardProfoundFinalsIncludingSocialismResistanceLiberalismSkepticismImperativesInsistenceIdeologues Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
“Our search for such [moral] principles can start with . . . the unconditional imperative to acknowledge every person as a person. If we ask for the contents given by this absolute, we find, first, something negative-the command not to treat a person as a thing. This seems little, but it is much. It is the core of the principle of justice.” IfsFirstsLittlesPersonsSeemsAsksGivenJusticeMoralPrinciplesNegativeTreatsAbsolutesCoreCommandAcknowledgeUnconditionalImperativesMoral PrinciplesCommand Not Author:Paul Tillich
“We are the most illusioned society on the planet. We have to become adults. And it's hard; it's painful. I struggle with despair all the time. But I'm not going to let it win. It is incumbent upon all of us that at the same time we recognize how dark the future is, we also recognize the absolute imperative of resistance in every form possible.” HardFormWinningDarkStrugglePlanetsDespairAdultsAbsolutesPainfulResistanceImperativesIncumbents Author:Chris Hedges
“There is only one categorical imperative in golf, and that is to hit the ball. There are no minor absolutes.” BallsAbsolutesGolfMinorsImperativesCategorical Imperative Author:Charles Walter Simpson
“If we think that we can somehow gain control of the US government, bring it under popular, enlightened progressive control, preserve a habitable climate, and rein in the dangers of nuclear and other warfare, then we should. However, if we think it's more likely that California can achieve those goals by secession, then we should go down that path. There's no question. It's an absolute moral imperative.” IfsThinkingShouldGovernmentGoalMoralPathAchieveDangerGainsAbsolutesClimateNuclearPreservesCaliforniaEnlightenedProgressiveWarfareImperativesReinsSecession Author:David Swanson
“No matter how grave the secret, how imperative absolute silence, someone would always feel the urge to confess, and an unleashed secret is a terrible force.” FeelsMatterForceSecretSilenceTerribleAbsolutesGravesUrgesImperativesUnleashed Author:Tea Obreht