“The theistic philosopher has a tendency to devalue insufficient worldviews, ideologies, and quite often common sense for the greater good, and in such cases, one should not be discouraged when seen as a bad guy. If he stresses over man's perception of a righteous heart, then he has given his heart to man.” IfsMenShouldHeartGuyGivenCommonCasesGreaterPerceptionStressPhilosopherCommon SenseTendenciesIdeologyRighteousBad GuysDiscouragedWorldviewInsufficientGreater GoodDevalue Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“What I desire of a poem is a clear understanding of motive, and a just evaluation of feeling A poem in the first place should offer us a new perception..bringing into being a new experience Verse is more valuable than prose for its rhythms are faster and more highly organised and lead to greater compexity.” ShouldFirstsFeelingsDesireUnderstandingClearGreaterOffersPerceptionValuableRhythmFasterMotiveProseVersesNew ExperiencesEvaluationOrganised Author:Yvor Winters
“In Zen Buddhism, the greater your doubt, the greater will be your enlightenment. That is why doubt can be a good thing. If you are too sure, if you always have conviction, then you may be caught in your wrong perception for a long time.” IfsMayLongTimeDoubtGreaterBuddhismPerceptionLong TimeEnlightenmentGood ThingsCaughtConvictionZen Buddhism Book:Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Easyread Comfort Edition Source: Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Easyread Comfort Edition
“Since we want not emancipation from impulse but clarification of impulse, the duty of rhetoric is to bring together action and understanding into a whole that is greater than scientific perception.” WantWholeActionTogetherUnderstandingGreaterDutyPerceptionImpulseRhetoricEmancipationClarification Book:The Ethics of Rhetoric Source: The Ethics of Rhetoric
“It is not the eye that sees the beauty of the heaven, nor the ear that hears the sweetness of music or the glad tidings of a prosperous occurrence, but the soul, that perceives all the relishes of sensual and intellectual perfections; and the more noble and excellent the soul is, the greater and more savory are its perceptions.” SoulEyeHeavenGreaterPerspectivePerceptionIntellectualPerfectionEarsNobleGladSensualExcellentPerceiveSweetnessProsperousRelishTidingsSavoryEyes That See Author:Jeremy Taylor