Lucian [of Samosata; 120-190 CE] was trying to make his audience laugh, rather than start a revolution

- Jennifer Michael Hecht

We are humanity, Kant says. Humanity needs us because we are it. Kant believes in duty and considers remaining alive a primary human duty. For him on…

- Jennifer Michael Hecht

A reasonable scale of probability-what is likely-forbids believing a whole range of imaginative possibilities, even though we do not know anything fo…

- Jennifer Michael Hecht

If you look at a testimony of love from 2,000 years ago it can still exactly speak to you, whereas medical advice from only 100 years ago is ridiculo…

- Jennifer Michael Hecht

We believe each other into being.

- Jennifer Michael Hecht

Your staying alive means so much more than you really know, or that anyone is aware of at this moment.

- Jennifer Michael Hecht

How was life before Pop-Tarts, Prozac and padded playgrounds? They ate strudel, took opium and played on the grass.

- Jennifer Michael Hecht

Like belief, doubt takes a lot of different forms, from ancient Skepticism to modern scientific empiricism, from doubt in many gods to doubt in one G…

- Jennifer Michael Hecht