“From the study of the development of human intelligence, in all directions, and through all times, the discovery arises of a great fundamental law, to which it is necessarily subject, and which has a solid foundation of proof, both in the facts of our organization and in our historical experience. The law is this: that each of our leading conceptions -- each branch of our knowledge -- passes successively through three different theoretical conditions: the theological, or fictitious; the metaphysical, or abstract; and the scientific, or positive. In other words, the human mind, by its nature, employs in its progress three methods of philosophizing, the character of which is essentially different, and even radically opposed: namely, the theological method, the metaphysical, and the positive. Hence arise three philosophies, or general systems of conceptions on the aggregate of phenomena, each of which excludes the others. The first is the necessary point of departure of the human understanding, and the third is its fixed and definitive state. The second is merely a state of transition.” PhilosophyFactsLawScienceUnderstandingNatureProgressIntelligenceAbstractMetaphysicsPositivismFictitious Book:Cours de philosophie positive 1/6 Source: Cours de philosophie positive 1/6
“Consumption can be a remedy against boredom and may convey a sense of fictitious power and supremacy, by standing out from the crowd through the extravagance of the expenditure. As it becomes an addiction, however, it might be cured, if the right medication is administered : humbleness and mindful discovery of the others. (“Buying now, dying later”)” PowerDyingDiscoveryAddictionBoredomBuyingRemedyConsumptionStanding OutMindfulMedicationOthersSupremacyExtravaganceHumblenessCrowdCureExpenditureConveyFictitiousAdminister Author:Erik Pevernagie
“The real acts of a real devil you know have been made acceptable by the fictitious actions of a nonexistent devil that you do not know.” RealityDevilNonexistenceEvil ActsEvil ActionsFictitious Author:Mike Klepper