"No one nowadays talks about the absolute, not even people with firm and deep religious convictions. The whole Hegelian project has no resonance for us, as it once had for the Germans in the 1820s and the British and Americans around the 1880s."

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Source : "Diotima’s child". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. September 21, 2012.

Frederick C. Beiser

#Religious Quotes #People Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“Some of Kant's particular moral opinions, either because he shared the prejudices of his time, or because of his own personal crotchets, can strike sensible people as ridiculous or offensive. But in my view, his own theory provides us with the resources (the best resources available, I believe) to correct his own personal errors or cultural prejudices.”
“Classical thermodynamics ... is the only physical theory of universal content which I am convinced ... will never be overthrown.”
“Realism and art cannot live together.”
“I want people to know that I am tough on illegal immigration and we are working to provide needed border security.”
“You strive to have a good heart. But what is a heart? Just a chunk of flesh that a dog can eat.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ha Jin from Feb 17, 2017
“What is needed is an all-out science project to get vehicles off of gasoline, rather than off of the earth.”
“My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.”
“Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.”

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