“We have more than two options. A critique of reason does not have to be a call for the return of superstition and arbitrary power. Our problems do not lie with reason itself but with our obsessive treatment of reason as an absolute value. Certainly it is one of our qualities, but it functions positively only when balanced and limited by the others.” DoeTwoReasonProblemLyingValuesQualityReturnFunctionAbsolutesTreatmentSuperstitionsBalancedArbitraryPositivelyCritiqueObsessiveTwo Options Author:John Ralston Saul
“When I remember thee in days to come, O Jerusalem, it will not be with pleasure. The musty deposits of 2,000 years of inhumanity, intolerance, and uncleanliness lie in the foul-smelling alleys... The amiable dreamer of Nazareth has only contributed to increasing the hatred... What superstition and fanaticism on every side!” YearsRememberLyingSidesPleasureAtheismHatredPositive AtheismTheeDreamerSuperstitionsIntoleranceFanaticismFoulJerusalemAlleysInhumanityDepositsAmiableNazarethDays To Come Author:Theodor Herzl
“Women, rouse yourselves! The tocsin of reason resounds through the whole universe: recognize your rights. The powerful empire of nature is no longer surrounded by prejudices, fanaticism, superstition and lies.” ReasonWholeLyingUniversePowerfulRightsFeminismPrejudiceEmpiresSuperstitionsFanaticism Book:The Rights of Woman Source: The Rights of Woman
“How much luckier than all the rest of mankind are the astrologers who, if they tell one truth among a hundred lies, obtain so much credit that even their lies are believed.” IfsLyingBeliefMankindHundredCreditSuperstitions Book:Ricordi Source: Ricordi