“The Mutakallemim... apply the term non-existence only to absolute non-existence, and not to absence of properties. A property and the absence of that property are considered by them as two opposites, they treat, e.g. , blindness and sight, death and life, in the same way as heat and cold. Therefore they say, without any qualification, non-existence does not require any agent, an agent is required when something is produced.” WayDoeTwoTermExistenceColdOppositesTreatsSightAbsolutesPropertyAbsenceAgentsHeatLife And DeathBlindnessQualificationsNon ExistenceTwo OppositesHeat And Cold Book:Guide for the perplexed Source: Guide for the perplexed
“Now the code of life of the High Middle Ages said something entirely opposite to this: that it was precisely lack of leisure, an inability to be at leisure, that went together with idleness; that the restlessness of work-for-work's sake arose from nothing other than idleness. There is a curious connection in the fact that the restlessness of a self-destructive work-fanatacism should take its rise from the absence of a will to accomplish something.” ShouldSaidSelfFactsAgeTogetherMiddleConnectionsOppositesSakeAccomplishAbsenceCuriousCodeDestructiveLeisureInabilityIdlenessMiddle AgesRestlessnessSelf Destructive Author:Josef Pieper
“The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings.” FeelingsPainDepressionOppositesAbsenceSpontaneousVitalityGaiety Book:The drama of the gifted child Source: The drama of the gifted child
“Evil is not a thing. It cannot take possession of you. It's the opposite; it's a void, an absence of goodness. The only thing you can be frightened of here is yourself.” EvilGoodnessOppositesPossessionAbsenceFrightenedVoid Book:The Snowman: Harry Hole 7 Source: The Snowman: Harry Hole 7
“Peace can be threatening because peace is the absence of problems and conflict. There is something, perhaps in the personal you, that does not want freedom or peace, or the absence of problems. There's something that wants the opposite.” WantDoeProblemConflictOppositesAbsenceThreatening Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Although I am an anarch, I am not anti-authoritarian. Quite the opposite: I need authority, although I do not believe in it. My critical faculties are sharpened by the absence of the credibility that I ask for. As a historian, I know what can be offered.” KnowsNeedsBelieveAsksAuthorityOppositesCriticalAbsenceFacultyHistorianCredibility Author:Ernst Junger
“My mother was a continual source of wisdom and great advice...she taught me that there is always a way around a problem-you've just got to find it. Keep trying doors; one will eventually open. She also taught me to accept failure as part and parcel of life. It's not the opposite of success; it's an integral part of success. I talk a lot about learning to become fearless in your approach to life. But fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's all about getting up one more time than you fall down.” WayTryingProblemMotherFallAcceptingDoorsAdviceTaughtSourceApproachOppositesAbsenceFearlessMore TimeMasteryFalling DownKeep TryingFearlessnessParcelThere Is Always A WayGreat Advice Author:Arianna Huffington
“Education is identical with helping the child realize his potentialities. The opposite of education is manipulation, which is based on the absence of faith in the growth of potentialities and the connection that a child will be right only if the adults put into him what is desirable and suppress what seems to be undesirable.” IfsChildrenHelpingSeemsGrowthRealizingAdultsConnectionsOppositesAbsenceManipulationDesirableIdenticalUndesirable Author:Erich Fromm
“What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has been during the last several decades in this country. Hence Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and Camus and Sartre have proclaimed that courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.” PersonsHas BeensCountryLastsMovingCourageDespairCapacityOppositesDecadesAbsenceSensitiveSpiteOften IsMoving AheadSensitive Person Author:Rollo May