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“While brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle, no power belonging to the Deity that is purely philosophical. The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood - was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers.”

“Let me put it more precisely: The ability to give birth is a natural characteristic. In the same way, everybody can grasp philosophical truths if they just use their innate reason.”

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Author:Jostein Gaarder

“Around the time of the Terran Caesar Augustus, a Martian artist had been composing a work of art. It could have been called a poem, a musical opus, or a philosophical treatise; it was a series of emotions arranged in tragic, logical necessity. Since it could be experienced by a human only in the sense in which a man blind from birth might have a sunset explained to him, it does not matter which category it be assigned.”

Source: Stranger in a Strange Land

“Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Marcus Aurelius (Illustrated)

“After your death you will be what you were before your birth.”

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Book:Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays

Source: Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays

“Socrates, whose mother was a midwife, used to say that his art was like the art of the midwife. She does not herself give birth to the child, but she is there to help during its delivery. Similarly, Socrates saw his task as helping people to 'give birth' to correct insight, since real understanding must come from within. . . . Everybody can grasp philosophical truths if they just use their innate reason.”

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Author:Jostein Gaarder