Edward Feser famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Preaching Christianity to skeptics without first setting out the praeambula fidei [preambles of faith], and then complaining when they donâ€™t accept it, is like yelling in English at someone who only speaks Chinese, and then dismissing him as a fool when he doesnâ€™t understand you. In both cases, while there is certainly a fool in the picture, it isnâ€™t the listener.
-- Edward Feser

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For faith, properly understood, does not contradict reason in the least; indeed...it is nothing less than the will to keep one's mind fixed precisely on what reason has discovered to it.
-- Edward Feser

#Mind #Doe #Reason
Atheists tend to read only each otherâ€™s books and not the work of the religious thinkers they are supposedly refuting.
-- Edward Feser

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Dawkinsâ€™s problem is that he doesnâ€™t know the difference between probabilistic empirical theorizing and strict metaphysical demonstration, and thus misreads an attempt at the latter as if it were the former. That is not to say that Aquinas might not be mistaken at some point in the argument â€“ though obviously I donâ€™t think he is â€“ but if youâ€™re going to show that he is, you first need to understand what kind of argument he is giving, and thus what kind of mistake heâ€™d be making if heâ€™s made one at all.
-- Edward Feser

#Mistake #Thinking #Differences
How significant is Aristotle? Well, I wouldnâ€™t want to exaggerate, so let me put it this way: Abandoning Aristotelianism, as the founders of modern philosophy did, was the single greatest mistake ever made in the entire history of Western thought.
-- Edward Feser

#Philosophy #Mistake #Way
Dawkins’s problem is that he doesn’t know the difference between probabilistic empirical theorizing and strict metaphysical demonstration, and thus misreads an attempt at the latter as if it were the former. That is not to say that Aquinas might not be mistaken at some point in the argument – though obviously I don’t think he is – but if you’re going to show that he is, you first need to understand what kind of argument he is giving, and thus what kind of mistake he’d be making if he’s made one at all.
-- Edward Feser

#Mistake #Thinking #Differences

I remember one of the first gigs I played with that amp was at a local church. They wanted someone to fill in with the guitar and my friend say, 'Ah, he can play.' And so I dragged the amplifier down and started playing and everybody started yelling 'turn it down!'
To me this is not yelling. I am not yelling. I'm just passionate about my opinions and I want to tell you all of them before you start talking again.
This was on my vision board. To run out there and be hitting game winners, getting the fans riled up. When they're stomping on the floor yelling 'New York Knicks'â€”that's a great feeling.
Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie.
When Chinese get together - what's buried stays buried. We don't even discuss our embarrassing early days struggling in Chicago.
Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western
One shark turned to the other to say he was fed up chasing tuna and the other said, 'Why don't we go to Morecambe Bay and get some Chinese?'
So far we have not convinced the Chinese authorities. My own brother was refused a visa on what was probably my last chance of seeing him when he was going around the world on a tour. Scott Nearing was similarly refused.
In a sadly pleasing strain, let the warbling lute complain.
When you are optimistic, when you are not complaining, when you look at the good side of your life, everybody loves you.

Edward Feser famous quotes

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