“After Bruno's death, during the first half of the seventeenth century, Descartes seemed about to take the leadership of human thought... in promoting an evolution doctrine as regards the mechanical formation of the solar system... but his constant dread of persecution, both from Catholics and Protestants, led him steadily to veil his thoughts and even to suppress them. ...Since Roger Bacon, perhaps, no great thinker had been so completely abased and thwarted by theological oppression.” FirstsHumansHalfCenturyEvolutionRegardCatholicConstantDoctrineOppressionThinkerDreadPersecutionVeilsPromotingFormationTheologicalProtestantsRogerSolar SystemHuman ThoughtGreat Thinkers Author:Andrew Dickson White
“I can have little patience with those who oppose ... the theory of evolution or what are called "mechanistic" explanations of the phenomena of life because of certain moral consequences which at first seem to follow from these theories, and still less with those who regard it as irrelevant or impious to ask certain questions at all. By refusing to face the facts , the conservative only weakens his own position.” FirstsLittlesStillsI CanFactsSeemsFacesCertainAsksMoralPositionTheoryEvolutionConsequenceRegardConservativeExplanationPhenomenonIrrelevantTheory Of Evolution Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid ... research and discussions ... with regard to the doctrine of evolution.” DoeChurchAtheismTeachingEvolutionAuthorityResearchRegardPositive AtheismDoctrineDiscussion Author:Pope Pius XII
“It should soon be possible dramatically to increase the intelligence and life span of a few individuals. They and their offspring could become a master race. Evolution pays no regard to social justice. It was not fair on the Neanderthals they were replaced by modern humans.” ShouldHumansHelpingIndividualSocialJusticePayRaceModernMastersEvolutionFairsIncreaseRegardSocial JusticeEngineeringReplacedOffspringNot FairLife SpanGenetic EngineeringNeanderthals Author:Stephen Hawking
“The whole evolution of present-day society tends to develop the various forms of bureaucratic oppression and to give them a sort of autonomy in regard to capitalism as such.” GivingWholeFormEvolutionCapitalismRegardVariousOppressionBureaucracyAutonomyPresent Day Book:Oppression and Liberty Source: Oppression and Liberty
“I was in my late thirties and decided my intention in life had nothing to do with the acquiring of material things, but rather it was now my intention to experience the evolution of my own soul and to grow spiritually. I wanted to come to know the highest truths of life and to express those truths in action, through myself. I wanted to become the grandest version of the greatest idea I ever held about who I am in regards to my relationship with God.” KnowsIdeasSoulActionWantedGrowsMy OwnMaterialsEvolutionLateHighestDecidedRegardIntentionWho I AmVersionsTruth Of LifeRelationship With GodMaterial Things Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I am not a politician. I have often been approached in this regard, but I have always declined these sorts of offers. I view myself as an independent, critical intellectual, as someone who tries to stimulate thought on the left and the right, to encourage intellectual evolution.” TryingLeftViewsEvolutionPoliticianOffersIntellectualRegardIndependentCritical Author:Tariq Ramadan
“It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulties in explaining the origin of man in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution.” MenMeanSaidBodyTheoryEvolutionRegardDoctrineExplainingViewpointsTheory Of EvolutionOrigin Of Man Author:Pope John Paul II
“When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now, I feel that I've lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.” MenFeelsAttitudeWatchesEvolutionRegardMadDisabilityShockingMad Men Author:Aimee Mullins
“In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended and no one can predict with certainty what may change in the future. The prospect that evolution by natural selection, at least as a broad mechanism, will be overthrown in the future is about as likely as the prospect of finding out some day that the Earth is really flat. Unfortunately, those who regard these scientific facts as a threat to faith have chosen to distort and misrepresent them to the public.” MayFactsEarthReligionGivenNaturalAtheismTheoryEvolutionFindingsRegardThreatChosenCertaintyFlatsBroadsMechanismSelectionNatural SelectionScientific Facts Author:Victor J. Stenger
“But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular ease, but by the establishment of general laws.” WorldLawScienceEventsDivineParticularMaterialsEvolutionRegardEasePerceiveEstablishmentMaterial WorldDivine PowerOrigin Of Species Author:William Whewell