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“Inflationism, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. It is only one piece in the total framework of politico-economic and socio-philosophical ideas of our time. Just as the sound money policy of gold standard advocates went hand in hand with liberalism, free trade, capitalism and peace, so is inflationism part and parcel of imperialism, militarism, protectionism, statism and socialism.”

Source: On the Manipulation of Money and Credit

“Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.”

Death Sound Philosophical Thunder Picnics

Author:W. H. Auden

“One of the recurring philosophical questions is: 'Does a falling tree in the forest make a sound when there is no one to hear?' Which says something about the nature of philosophers , because there is always someone in a forest. It may only be a badger, wondering what that cracking noise was, or a squirrel a bit puzzled by all the scenery going upwards, but someone.”

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Book:Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)

Source: Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)

“To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian.”

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Book:The Philosophical Works: Including All the Essays, and Exhibiting the More Important Alterations and Corrections in the Successive Ed. Publ. by the Author

Source: The Philosophical Works: Including All the Essays, and Exhibiting the More Important Alterations and Corrections in the Successive Ed. Publ. by the Author

“It was an important part of Mendelssohn's philosophical and religious view that the traditional rationalist proofs for God's existence should be sound an convincing. Kant thought they were not. So Kant's critique was world-shaking for Mendelssohn.”

World Should Important Sound Religious Views Existence Philosophical Proof Traditional Convincing Shaking Critique Religious Views Mendelssohn

Author:Allen W. Wood

“The reason Buddhism can be so naturalised is because, stripped of its supernatural elements, its core teachings can be giving a sound, secular philosophical interpretation. In other words, it becomes a religion acceptable to the contemporary, naturalistic mind only when it ceases to be a religion.”

Giving Mind Reason Sound Teaching Buddhism Elements Philosophical Core Cease Contemporary Interpretation Acceptable Secular Supernatural Elements

Author:Julian Baggini

“An assassin can be found for every president. And for every prophet there are a thousand interpreters to distort the essence of the religion, to replace the bright flame with the heat of the inquisitors' pyres. The time came when every book was cast into the fire, when every symphony was reduced to a popular tune and played in all the drinking dens. A sound philosophical basis could be set in place under any vile nonsense.”

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Book:Night Watch

Source: Night Watch

“To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?”

Ifs Doe Fall Sound Tree Philosophical Forests

Author:George Berkeley

“...it is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The demand for certainty will inevitably be disappointed, leaving skepticism in command of almost every issue.”

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Author:J. L. Mackie

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