Quotes about Philosophy

To say that evil is a privation is not the same as saying that it is a mere absence or negation of good. The power of sight is found neither in a blind man nor in a rock. But it is a privation for the blind man, whereas it is a mere absence in the rock.

C. S. Lewis put it, "If we admit God, must we admit Miracle? Indeed, indeed, you have no security against it. That is the bargain.

contrary beliefs are possible, but contrary truths are not possible. We can believe everything is true, but we cannot make everything true.

Law of Causality, which is the fundamental principle of science. Without the Law of Causality, science is impossible.

For nothing comes from nothing; nothing ever could.

The Law of Causality does not say that everything needs a cause. It says that everything that comes to be needs a cause.

contrary beliefs are possible, but contrary truths are not possible.

this infinite abyss can be filled only with an infinite and immutable object, in other words by God himself. (Pensees, #148)

Yes, God is the author of everything, including evil, in the sense that He permits it, but not in the sense that He produces it. Evil happens in His permissive will, but He does not promote evil in His perfect will.

Natural laws are not immutable because they are descriptions of what happens, not prescriptions of what must happen.

God can intervene in the universe he created despite what David Hume says.

The Law of Noncontradiction is a self-evident first principle of thought that says contradictory claims cannot both be true at the same time in the same sense.