“The truly apocalyptic view of the world is that things do not repeat themselves. It isn't absurd, e.g., to believe that the age of science and technology is the beginning of the end for humanity; that the idea of great progress is delusion, along with the idea that the truth will ultimately be known; that there is nothing good or desirable about scientific knowledge and that mankind, in seeking it, is falling into a trap. It is by no means obvious that this is not how things are.” WorldBelieveMeanIdeasEndsAgeHumanityFallViewsKnownTechnologyProgressMankindObviousSeekingAbsurdRepeatsDelusionTrapsDesirableScience And TechnologyApocalypticScientific KnowledgeGreat Progress Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth; that freedom of enquiry will produce liberality of conduct; that mankind will reverse the absurd position that the many were, made for the few; and that they will not continue slaves in one part of the globe, when they can become freemen in another.” MadeWarLightEarthBeliefDarkMankindPositionProduceIntellectualSpringSlaveCornersAbsurdRejoiceReverseGlobesFreemanEnquiryLiberality Book:The Papers of George Washington: April-June 1789 Source: The Papers of George Washington: April-June 1789
“Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy consciously controlling all mankind by its financial power; in real, clear analysis.” IfsKnowsMenIdeasRealThreeDifficultSecretKnow HowClearMankindMarriedFinancialAbsurdAnalysisConspiracy Book:My Life - Oswald Mosley Source: My Life - Oswald Mosley
“The idea of a Supreme Being who creates a world in which one creature is designed to eat another in order to subsist, and then pass a law saying, "Thou shalt not kill," is so monstrously, immeasurably, bottomlessly absurd that I am at a loss to understand how mankind has entertained or given it house room all this long.” WorldLongIdeasLawOrderHouseGivenLossRoomsMankindCreaturesSupremeAbsurdCynicalSupreme Being Author:Peter De Vries
“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.” Has BeensFactsScienceReligionBeliefViewsOpinionKnowledgeLearningMankindEvidenceMajorityParentingIntelligenceSpreadFoolishAbsurdSensibleSkepticalSkepticPhilosophy Of ScienceSilliness Author:Bertrand Russell