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“The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result of an evolution of matter reducible to pure chance and necessity.”

Matter Philosophy Chance Results Views Creation Theory Evolution Pure Cosmos Materialism Materialistic

Author:Pope John Paul II

“If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.”

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Author:Noel Coward

“I shall show the cinders of my spirits Through the ashes of my chance.”

Art Philosophy Shows Spirit Chance History Ashes

Book:Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes

Source: Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the Corrections & Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes

“Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.”

Should Philosophy America Chance Should Have Ohio

Author:John Kasich

“In truth, the laboratory is the forecourt of the temple of philosophy, and whoso has not offered sacrifices and undergone purification there has little chance of admission into the sanctuary.”

Littles Philosophy Chance Sacrifice Temples Laboratory Sanctuary Experimentation Admission Scientific Method Purification

Book:T. H. Huxley on Education

Source: T. H. Huxley on Education

“Though we cannot totally change our nature, we may in great measure correct it by reflection and philosophy; and some philosophy is a very necessary companion in this world, where, even to the most fortunate, the chances are greatly against happiness.”

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Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters

Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters

“We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overly large houses but lack spaces that truly embody our individuality and connectedness; media surround us everywhere while we starve for authentic communication. We are offered entertainment every second of the day but lack the chance to play. In the ubiquitous world of money, we hunger for all that is intimate, personal and unique.”

“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster? To see rare effects, and no cause ; a motion, without a mover ; a circle, without a centre ; a time, without an eternity ; a second, without a first : these are things so against philosophy and natural reason, that he must be a beast in understanding who can believe in them. The thing formed, says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made is, while that which made it is not, This folly is infinite.”

“The task of a philosophy of photography is to reflect upon [the] possibility of freedom - and thus its significance - in a world dominated by apparatuses; to reflect upon the way in which, despite everything, it is possible for human beings to give significance to their lives in the face of the chance necessity of death. Such a philosophy is necessary because it is the only form of revolution left open to us.”

World Way Giving Humans Philosophy Faces Form Left Chance Human Beings Possibility Revolution Photography Tasks Despite Significance

Book:Towards a Philosophy of Photography

Source: Towards a Philosophy of Photography

“I really like Jason Blum a lot. We're friends, and while we make wildly disparate films, we share a philosophy about low-budget filmmaking, about taking chances on young filmmaking, taking risks and obliterating our salary so we can make something cheaply and if it wins everyone wins big.”

Ifs Philosophy Bigs Film Young Winning Chance Risk Share Lows Budgets Filmmaking Salary Take A Chance Jason Taking Risks

Author:Mark Duplass

“When I got to college, I planned to be a math major, and, in addition to signing up for some math courses, I decided to take some philosophy. Quite by chance, I took a philosophy of science course in which the entire semester was devoted to reading Locke's Essay. I was hooked. For the next few semesters, I took nothing but philosophy and math courses, and it wasn't long before I realised that it was the philosophy that really moved me.”

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Author:Hilary Kornblith