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Gottfried Leibniz asked whether the good and just "is good and just because God wills it or whether God wills it because it is good and just". [1] Ever since Plato's original discussion, this question has presented a problem for some theists, though others have thought it a false dilemma , and it continues to be an object of theological and ...
Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. [ 11 ] A few sites also credit an extended version to him: "O God, who holdest all souls in life; and callest them unto thee as seemeth best: we give them back, dear God, to thee who gavest them to us.
The wise decision is to wager that God exists, since "If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing", meaning one can gain eternal life if God exists, but if not, one will be no worse off in death than if one had not believed. On the other hand, if you bet against God, win or lose, you either gain nothing or lose everything.
In memory of, we decided to take a look back of some his greatest quotes from the man himself. 11.) Dead Poet's Society %shareLinks-quote="Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives ...
The legend that is Robin Williams would have turned 65 today, and to honor him, we've gathered up some of his best words of wisdom.
Another popular theory held that the maxims were first spoken by the Delphic oracle, and therefore represented the wisdom of the god Apollo. [10] Clearchus of Soli , among others, attempted to reconcile the two accounts by claiming that Chilon, enquiring of the oracle what was best to be learnt, received the answer "Know thyself", and ...
God is dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. ––And we––we still have to vanquish his shadow, too. [17] Still in The Gay Science, the expression is stated through the voice of the "madman", in "The Madman", as follows: God is dead. God remains dead.
Any man's good when he's doing well in life, bad when he's doing badly, and the best of us are those the gods love most. But for me that saying of Pittacus doesn't quite ring true (even though he was a smart man): he says "being good is hard": for me, a man's good enough as long as he's not too lawless, and has the sense of right that does ...