“Absurdism, like methodical doubt, has wiped the slate clean. It leaves us in a blind alley. But, like methodical doubt, it can, by returning upon itself, open up a new field of investigation, and in the process of reasoning then pursues the same course. I proclaim that I believe in nothing and that everything is absurd, but I cannot doubt the validity of my proclamation and I must at least believe in my protest.” BelieveCoursesI BelieveProcessDoubtFieldsBlindCleanI Believe InAbsurdPursueReasoningProtestInvestigationAlleysValiditySlateProclamationMethodical Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
“Inquire, investigate, doubt yourself and others. To find truth, you must not cling to your convictions; if you are sure of the immediate, you will never reach the ultimate. Your idea that you were born and that you will die is absurd – both logic and experience contradict it.” IfsIdeasDiesBornDoubtLogicUltimateConvictionAbsurd Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist and an evolutionist. ... I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God.” MenMaySeemsExistenceDoubtAtheistAbsurdArdentTheist Author:Charles Darwin
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one. What is most repellent in the System of Nature - after the recipe for making eels from flour - is the audacity with which it decides that there is no God, without even having tried the impossibility. If God did not exist, he would have to be invented." But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there is a supreme intelligence, an immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own dependence on it.” IfsDoeOrderTeachDoubtConditionsCrySupremeAbsurdCertaintyPleasantImmenseDependenceRecipesImpossibilityAdmirableThere Is No GodAudacityFlourEels Author:Baron d'Holbach
“The 'harmonious world' theory .. will help dispel doubts in the international community about China's continued development and refute the absurd 'China threat theory'.” WorldHelpingCommunityDoubtTheoryDevelopmentThreatInternationalChinaAbsurdAbsurdityHarmoniousInternational Community Author:Ye Xiaowen
“No doubt the testimony of natural reason, on whatever exercised, must, of necessity, stop short of those truths which it is the object of revelation to make known; still it places the existence and personal attributes of the Deity on such grounds as to render doubts absurd and atheism ridiculous.” StillsReasonNaturalExistenceKnownDoubtAtheismObjectsRidiculousAbsurdNo DoubtRevelationsAttributesTestimonyDeities Author:John Herschel
“It is absurd for anyone to think that Soviet "Marxism" is a correct application of the thought of Karl Marx. No doubt Soviet propaganda represented it this way. But who believes Soviet propaganda? It is remarkable (but maybe not so remarkable after all, when you consider their motives) that apologists for capitalism, who would not accept Soviet propaganda on any other point, are eager to agree with it on this point.” ThinkingWayBelieveAcceptingDoubtCapitalismAgreeAbsurdPropagandaMotiveNo DoubtRemarkableApplicationSovietMarxismSoviet Propaganda Author:Allen W. Wood