“Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and destroyed all over the world, even though this system has given men the greatest material comforts.” MenWorldBeliefGivenMaterialsComfortCapitalismContraryDestroyedConsiderationMaterialismMotivatedCapitalistVulgarMaterialisticMaterialistic World Book:Letters of Ayn Rand Source: Letters of Ayn Rand
“There is no argument in the world that carries the hatred that a relioious belief does. The more learned a man is, the less consideration he has for another man's belief.” MenWorldDoeBeliefArgumentHatredConsiderationCarrieAnother Man Book:The Will Rogers book Source: The Will Rogers book
“I am influenced at the present time by far higher considerations and by a nobler idea of duty than I ever was when I held the Evangelical belief.” IdeasBeliefAtheismDutyHigherPositive AtheismConsiderationEvangelicalPresent Time Author:George Eliot
“According to theism, if a universe is to have any probability of existing, this probability is dependent upon God's beliefs, desires and creative acts. But the Hartle-Hawking probability is not dependent on any supernatural considerations; Hartle and Hawking do not sum over anything supernatural in their path integral derivation of the probability amplitude.” IfsDesireReligionUniverseBeliefCreativePathDependentConsiderationProbabilityTheism Author:Quentin Smith
“It is an ancient belief, going back to classical antiquity, that specialization of any kind is illiberal in a freeman. A man willing to bury himself in the details of some small endeavor has been considered lost to these larger considerations which must occupy the mind of the ruler.” MenMindKindHas BeensBeliefLostWillingAncientDetailsConsiderationEndeavorRulersAntiquityFreemanSpecialization Book:Ideas Have Consequences Source: Ideas Have Consequences
“Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species- back to the invention of stone tools and the domestication of fire has been ethically ambiguous. If you want to reason about faith, and offer a reasoned (and reason responsive) defense of faith as an extra category of belief worthy of special consideration, I'm eager to play. I certainly grant the existence of the phenomenon of faith; what I want to see is a reasoned ground for taking faith seriously as a way of getting to the truth , and not, say, just as a way people comfort themselves and each other” PeopleIfsWayWantHumansHas BeensReasonPlayBeliefExistenceFireSpecialComfortOffersMajorsToolsStonesSpeciesWorthyDefenseInventionExtrasConsiderationGrantsPhenomenonCategoriesTechnologicalAmbiguousHuman Species Author:Daniel Dennett