[The Truth Seeker is] Devoted to: science, morals, free thought, free discussions, liberalism, sexual equality, labor reform, progression, free education and whatever tends to elevate and emancipate the human race.
Opposed to: priestcraft, ecclesiasticism, dogmas, creeds, false theology, superstition, bigotry, ignorance, monopolies, aristocracies, privileged classes, tyranny, oppression, and everything that degrades or burdens mankind mentally or physically.
Mots clés science truth liberty equality purpose morality ethics magazine ignorance superstition freethought
Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. That principle is of great antiquity; it is as old as Socrates; as old as the writer who said, 'Try all things, hold fast by that which is good'; it is the foundation of the Reformation, which simply illustrated the axiom that every man should be able to give a reason for the faith that is in him, it is the great principle of Descartes; it is the fundamental axiom of modern science. Positively the principle may be expressed: In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic position, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.
The results of the working out of the agnostic principle will vary according to individual knowledge and capacity, and according to the general condition of science. That which is unproved today may be proved, by the help of new discoveries, tomorrow. The only negative fixed points will be those negations which flow from the demonstrable limitation of our faculties. And the only obligation accepted is to have the mind always open to conviction.
That it is wrong for a man to say he is certain of the objective truth of a proposition unless he can provide evidence which logically justifies that certainty. This is what agnosticism asserts and in my opinion, is all that is essential to agnosticism.
Mots clés science truth honesty knowledge belief definition agnosticism socrates agnostic descartes
[Cornell University will be] an asylum for Science—where truth shall be sought for truth's sake, not stretched or cut exactly to fit Revealed Religion.
Andrew Dickson WhiteMots clés science truth education learning facts evidence secular cornell
... I think this Law, by which I am punished, is both unreasonable in itself, and particularly severe...
Polly Baker
Mots clés truth law wishful-thinking
Tranquillity is the motherland of the truth.
Mehmet Murat ildanMots clés truth
I was beginning to agree with the thesis that some truths were better off dead.
And buried.
Mots clés truth romantic lies romance death secret lie dead lying secrets mystery suspense hidden gothic young-adult agree hide secretive buried freya remain cardew
So, apart from casting runes, what other hobbies do you have? Forbidden rituals, human sacrifices, torturing? –
Simona PanovaMots clés truth prediction future romantic romance death sinister human lie danger dead magic mystery sacrifice suspense haunted ritual torture girl medieval ancient boy fortune gothic young-adult mysterious dangerous flirt witch divination divine forbidden occult druid torment provocative rite provoke magician wicca sacrifices occultism ominous gothic-romance goth young-adult-romance runes rune fortune-teller haunt fortune-telling predict casting-runes forbid young-adult-gothic-romance cast-runes straightforward tell-the-fortune tormenting tormentor torturing
I lie more convincingly than I tell the truth.
Simona PanovaMots clés truth romance lie lying sacrifice gothic young-adult pretend nightmare convincing pretending tell nightmarish
I was recently living more comfortably surrounded by secrets... Like dozens of luxurious satiny pillows, they were embracing me from all directions into safe lulling warmth, thus isolating me from the sharp dead-cold edges of the truth hiding behind their endearingly smooth textures and tender soothing colours.
Secrets could be so irresistibly beautiful...
Mots clés life truth love lies beauty romance safety embrace live secret lie danger dead lying secrets mystery true suspense hidden gothic young-adult comfort safe mysterious beautiful colours soothing dangerous hide cold warmth sharp luxury comfortable irresistible loved warm endearing protect secretive pillow smooth protective goth luxurious endear irresistibly isolate satin
Paranoia. The more you think of an imaginary problem, the more you feel as though it’s real –
Simona PanovaMots clés fear imagination truth reality lies romance fantasy lie horror dread mystery paranoia true sacrifice suspense false gothic young-adult problem pretend afraid real nightmare imagine paranoid fake scared fantastic imaginary love-story gothic-romance freya horrified imagined nightmarish cardew nightmarish-sacrifice
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