“Life, individual or collective, personal or historic, is the one entity in the universe whose substance is compact of danger, of adventure. It is, in the strict sense of the word, drama. The primary, radical meaning of life appears when it is employed in the sense not of biology, but of biography. For the very strong reason that the whole of biology is quite definitely only a chapter in certain biographies, it is what biologists do in the portion of their lives open to biography.” ReasonWholeCertainUniverseIndividualStrongDangerAdventureDramaRadicalPrimariesSubstanceMeaning Of LifeCollectivesBiologyVery StrongPortionsChaptersEntityStrictBiographiesEmployedHistoricBiologistCompact Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“I am convinced with Plato , with St. Paul, with St. Augustine, with Calvin , and with Leibnitz, that this universe, and every smallest portion of it, exactly fulfils the purpose for which Almighty God designed it.” PurposeUniverseConvincedPortionsSmallestAlmightyPlatoAlmighty GodAugustine Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“All things and all acts and this whole wonderful universe proclaim to us the Lord our Father, Christ our love, Christ our hope, our portion, and our joy. Oh, brethren, if you would know the meaning of the world, read Christ in it. If you would see the beauty of earth, take it for a prophet of something higher than itself.” IfsKnowsWorldWholeEarthJoyUniverseFatherChristNatureLordWonderfulHigherAll ThingsProphetPortionsOur LoveOur FatherBrethren Book:Sermons preached in Union chapel, Manchester Source: Sermons preached in Union chapel, Manchester
“You will find that there is no other difference of opinion as regards any portions of the Universe, except that the philosophers believe in the Eternity of the Universe and we believe in the Creation. Note this.” BelieveUniverseDifferencesOpinionCreationEternityRegardNotesPhilosopherPortionsDifferences Of Opinion Book:The Guide for the Perplexed Source: The Guide for the Perplexed