“It is difficult, almost impossible, in fact, for the scientific community to recognize the fact that Cartesian bifurcation is a philosophic postulate, for which there is absolutely no scientific basis [...] It is not that they can conceive or imagine a scientific proof of that hypothesis; it is rather that they are unable to conceive that it might not be true.”
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“When I go into the house of one of these tasteless newly rich individuals, and see it bedecked with every imaginable hue, I know that this person possesses nothing more valuable than what is on display; such people decorate inanimate objects, but fail to beautify the soul.”
― On Social Justice
― On Social Justice
“we believe that a logos of angels preceded their creation, a logos preceded the creation of each of the beings and powers that fill the upper world, a logos preceded the creation of human beings, a logos preceded everything that receives its becoming from God, and so on. It is not necessary to mention them all. The Logos whose excellence is incomparable, ineffable and inconceivable in himself is exalted beyond all creation and even beyond the idea of difference and distinction.”
― On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ
― On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ
“To yield and give way to our passions is the lowest slavery, even as to rule over them is the only liberty.”
― Fragments of the Lost Work of Justin on the Resurrection
― Fragments of the Lost Work of Justin on the Resurrection
“Yes, it is indeed by way of the mathematical forms that the physicist gains knowledge of the external world; Eddington's point, however, is that the forms in question have been artificially imposed: "The mathematics is not there until we put it there." And it is for this reason, and in this sense, that our knowledge of mathematical structures—our knowledge of the physical world!—is said to be subjective.”
― Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions: A Critique of Contemporary Scientism
― Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions: A Critique of Contemporary Scientism
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