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“To Dogmatism the Spirit of Inquiry is the same as the Spirit of Evil.”

Spirit Evil Inquiry Dogmatism

Book:Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce

Source: Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce

“We say then, that Christianity is adapted to the intellect, because its spirit coincides with that of true philosophy; because it removes the incubus of sensuality and low vice; because of the place it gives to truth; because it demands free inquiry; because its mighty truths and systems are brought before the mind in the same way as the truths and systems of nature; because it solves higher problems than nature can; and because it is so communicated as to be adapted to every mind.”

Source: Evidences of Christianity: Lectures Before the Lowell Institute, January 1844

“Skepticism literally means a thoughtful inquiry, the looking at a problem in a disinterested spirit, the surveying of a question from many sides. In this sense it is the very essence of philosophy and science.”

Mean Philosophy Problem Spirit Sides Essence Thoughtful Skepticism Inquiry Disinterested

Book:The Field of Philosophy: An Outline of Lectures on Introduction to Philosophy

Source: The Field of Philosophy: An Outline of Lectures on Introduction to Philosophy

“Whenever philosophy has taken into its plan religion, it has ended in skepticism; and whenever religion excludes philosophy, or the spirit of free inquiry, it leads to willful blindness and superstition.”

Philosophy Spirit Taken Plans Atheism Positive Atheism Superstitions Skepticism Blindness Inquiry

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“In philosophical inquiry, the human spirit, imitating the movement of the stars, must follow a curve which brings it back to its point of departure. To conclude is to close a circle.”

Thinking Humans Spirit Stars Movement Philosophical Circles Thoughtful Inquiry Curves Human Spirit Departure Imitating

Author:Charles Baudelaire