Walter Kaufmann Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Walter Kaufmann quotes and sayings page 2 (philosopher). These are the last 8 out of 18 quotes we have.
“Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.”
“The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.”
“The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.”
“It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing is worth while if the world is not governed by a purpose.”
“Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.”
“Those who believe in God because their experience of life and the facts of nature prove his existence must have led sheltered lives and closed their hearts to the voice of their brothers' blood.”
“The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?”
“In all three cases, and for most human beings, the problem of suffering poses no difficult problem at all: one has a world picture in which suffering has its place, a world picture that takes suffering into account.”
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