“It is probably true that almost all atheists stand for the values of reason and freethought. I will attempt to put these values in more substantial terms. There is the belief that inquiry and doubt are essential checks against deception, self deception, and error. There is the belief that logic and the scientific method is the only way the world can arrive at an agreement on the truth about anything.” WorldWaySelfReasonValuesBeliefTermDoubtAtheismEssentialsLogicMethodErrorsAtheistChecksDeceptionAgreementInquirySelf DeceptionScientific Method Author:Richard Carrier
“Truth should be the first lesson of the child and the last aspiration of manhood; for it has been well said that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.” ShouldFirstsHumansWellsChildrenHas BeensSaidTruthLastsBeliefEnjoyHuman NatureLessonsAspirationSovereignManhoodInquiryLove MakingWell Said Book:Literary recreations and miscellanies Source: Literary recreations and miscellanies
“The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or the wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.” LoveHumansBeliefEnjoyHuman NatureSovereignInquiryLove MakingWooing Author:Francis Bacon
“Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.” MayRealityBeliefEssentialsRootsBasesAcceptedGenuineQuestsSkepticismInquiryBelief SystemsFactual Book:Skepticism and Humanism: The New Paradigm Source: Skepticism and Humanism: The New Paradigm