In fact, the real source of all thosedifferences, is that the savage lives within himself, whereas thecitizen, constantly beside himself, knows only how to live in theopinion of others; insomuch that it is, if I may say so, merely fromtheir judgment that he derives the consciousness of his own existence.
Jean-Jacques RousseauTag: philosophy nature-of-man
I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part of God.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTag: nature-of-man
If you could have confidence in nature you would not have to fear. It would keep you up. Creative is nature. Rapid. Lavish. Inspirational. It shapes leaves. It rolls the waters of the earth. Man is the chief of this. All creations are his just inheritance. You don't know what you've got within you. A person either creates or he destroys. There is no neutrality.
Saul BellowTag: nature human-nature nature-of-man
To understand an issue or someone’s argument about anything,
one needs to understand the very nature of the issue, which is the
foundational question concerning anything.
Tag: metaphysics nature-of-man reid-ashbaucher nature-of-god
Attitude is a state of mind that results in an action taken or an
emotion displayed. Attitude, in the end, is a motivator or that which
generates or reflects motives.
Tag: metaphysics nature-of-man made-in-the-image-of-god reid-ashbaucher nature-of-god god-s-image
Morality is totally God’s standard, and his standards and conditions are revealed to us through his written word, the Scriptures (The Bible).
Reid A. AshbaucherTag: metaphysics philosophy-of-religion nature-of-man reid-ashbaucher nature-of-god
So long as one remains in the same condition, the inclinations which result from habit and are the least natural to us can be kept; but as soon as the situation changes, habit ceases and the natural returns.
Education is certainly only habit. Now are there not people who forget and lose their education? Others who keep it? Where does this difference come from? If the name nature were limited to habits conformable to nature, we would spare ourselves this garble!
Tag: nature-of-man
What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it
down.
Tag: nature-of-man messing-up
Are they saying that the trees are just as special as I am?"
"No, we're saying that was always between you and the trees.
Tag: nature-of-man
The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery.
Steven JamesTag: man nature original-sin nature-of-man
« prima precedente
Pagina 2 di 3.
prossimo ultimo »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.