Adam Smith
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. Adam Smith FRSA was a Scottish
The enemy of all good
The enemy of all good could not do a greater service to the cause of evil, than by leading Christian men blindly to interpose the
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Carl Sagan’s Prediction
Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or
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More Marcus Aurelius
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth,
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Morality – How it is based
Morality can easily be based upon the autonomous agency of rational creatures. The action of an autonomous being, when it impedes the ability of another
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Pi 3.14159265359…
Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, and this is just the beginning; it keeps on going, forever, without ever
Science is not faith
Faith, by definition, is the belief in something despite insufficient knowledge to be certain of its veracity. Some beliefs require small leaps of faith (the
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Art, Science and Religion
They blended religion and art and science because, at base, science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and
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Excellence is a habit
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
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