scientific and traditional cosmologies see reality from two completely different perspectives: 1) in terms of its practical and material implications, and 2) in terms of its higher meaning. The first is the specialty of modern science,
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“Plato records the dialogues that Socrates had with a number of bystanders, like Euthyphro, Gorgias, and Meno. In these dialogues, Socrates employs Logos to prove that there is only one God, one ultimate standard of goodness (virtue), and that man cannot know about God unless He reveals Himself to us. These, and many other logical proofs by Socrates, resulted in two things: First, he was put to death by the Greeks for “corrupting the youth” and “atheism” because he argued against the prevailing view of this time (sound familiar?). And second, five hundred years later, he would be recognized as the first proto-Christian. His views became the center of Hellenistic philosophy, in which Christianity was formed.”
― Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation
― Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation
“Paris’ princeship of Troy was stolen by death, while Washington willingly crucified his throne at the peak of his powerful life.”
― 9 Steps to Build a Life of Meaning: How to Unlock Your Mind, Happiness, Power, and Your Enemy's Demise
― 9 Steps to Build a Life of Meaning: How to Unlock Your Mind, Happiness, Power, and Your Enemy's Demise
“Here, then, is the desire, still wandering and uncertain of its object and still largely unable to see that object in the direction where it really lies.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
“The effort you give today
determines your forever.”
― 9 Steps to Build a Life of Meaning: How to Unlock Your Mind, Happiness, Power, and Your Enemy's Demise
determines your forever.”
― 9 Steps to Build a Life of Meaning: How to Unlock Your Mind, Happiness, Power, and Your Enemy's Demise
“Helmholtz began again. Speaking very slowly, 'Did you ever feel,' he asked, 'as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out? Some sort of extra power that you aren't using--you know, like all the water that goes down the falls instead of through the turbines?”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
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