The more serious poetry of the race has a philosophical structure of thought. It contains beliefs and conceptions in regard to the nature of man and the universe, God and the soul, fate and providence, suffering, evil and destiny. Great poetry always has, like the higher religion, a metaphysical content. It deals with the same august issues, experiences and conceptions as metaphysics or first philosophy.
Human progress is not an uninterrupted march forward. It is a slow and devious movement with haltings and twistings. The pathway of man ascends and d… - Joseph Alexander Leighton
Human progress is not an uninterrupted march forward. It is a slow and devious movement with haltings and twistings. The pathway of man ascends and d…
- Joseph Alexander Leighton
Today one might be tempted to say that patriotism is the last refuge of the tribal religion dedicated to the worship of German, French, English and R… - Joseph Alexander Leighton
Today one might be tempted to say that patriotism is the last refuge of the tribal religion dedicated to the worship of German, French, English and R…
Science ... is organized common sense. - Joseph Alexander Leighton
Science ... is organized common sense.
Our obligation to the will of God is our obligation to the laws of practical reason. - Joseph Alexander Leighton
Our obligation to the will of God is our obligation to the laws of practical reason.
God is the Absolute Idea, a circle that returns upon itself, not a straight line projected indefinitely. - Joseph Alexander Leighton
God is the Absolute Idea, a circle that returns upon itself, not a straight line projected indefinitely.
Might does not make right, but right demands that those who hold to it should defend it with all their might. - Joseph Alexander Leighton
Might does not make right, but right demands that those who hold to it should defend it with all their might.
Faith in the continuance and enhancement of the intrinsic values--faith in truth, in beauty, in friendship, in love and harmony of life--in short, fa… - Joseph Alexander Leighton
Faith in the continuance and enhancement of the intrinsic values--faith in truth, in beauty, in friendship, in love and harmony of life--in short, fa…
The more serious poetry of the race has a philosophical structure of thought. It contains beliefs and conceptions in regard to the nature of man and … - Joseph Alexander Leighton
The more serious poetry of the race has a philosophical structure of thought. It contains beliefs and conceptions in regard to the nature of man and …
A system of philosophy, or metaphysics, is a union of a world view and a life view in one harmonious, complete, integral conception. In so far as any… - Joseph Alexander Leighton
A system of philosophy, or metaphysics, is a union of a world view and a life view in one harmonious, complete, integral conception. In so far as any…
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