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The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.
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Author Details: Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: German Philosopher Quotes Date of Birth: July 1, 1921 Date of Death: September 4, 1980 Nationality: German Amazon: Walter Kaufmann on Amazon |
Related Authors: Friedrich Nietzsche Karl Marx Meister Eckhart Immanuel Kant Arthur Schopenhauer Martin Heidegger Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Gottfried Leibniz Martin Buber |
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Select Walter Kaufmann Quotations:
The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?
Walter Kaufmann 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. Walter Kaufmann 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. Walter Kaufmann It is widely assumed, contrary to fact, that theism necessarily involves the two assumptions which cannot be squared with the existence of so much suffering, and that therefore, per impossibile, they simply have to be squared with the existence of all this suffering, somehow. Walter Kaufmann 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. Walter Kaufmann It was also Hegel who established the view that the different philosophic systems that we find in history are to be comprehended in terms of development and that they are generally one-sided because they owe their origins to a reaction against what has gone before. Walter Kaufmann When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because he is a man and not on account of his ethnic origins or his religion. Walter Kaufmann |
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Quote Keywords: Atheism, Because, Believes, Bible, Buddha, God, Job, Less, Made, Only, Our, Profound, Represented, Respect, Spite, Than, Theism, Way, World, Worthy |
Dictionary Links: Atheism, Because, Bible, Buddha, God, Job, Less, Made, Only, Our, Profound, Respect, Spite, Than, Theism, Way, World, Worthy |
All Walter Kaufmann Quotations: Faith means intense, usually confident, belief... Here an attempt is made to... In all three cases, and for... It does not follow that the... It is widely assumed, contrary to... It was also Hegel who established... Job's forthright indictment of the injustice... Life ceases to be so oppressive... The deepest difference between religions is... The doctrine of original sin claims... The first function of a book... The great artist is the man... The only theism worthy of our... The problem of suffering is: why... Thirdly, even if we assume that... Those who believe in God because... To try to fashion something from... When Hegel later became a man... |
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