What a sublime idea of the infinite might of the great Architect, the Cause of all causes, the Father of all fathers, the Ens Entium! For if we would compare the Infinite, it would surely require a greater Infinite to cause the causes of effects than to produce the effects themselves.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the nature of the Infinite and the idea of a supreme creator being responsible for all that exists.
August Weismann's quote delves into a philosophical exploration of the concept of the Infinite and posits that if one considers everything that exists as a result of an initial cause, such an initial cause must be itself an Infinite being. This perspective suggests a complex relationship between creation and the creator, indicating that understanding the entirety of existence requires an acknowledgment of something even greater than what is produced—the creator itself.
In practice
In a discussion about the origins of the universe during a philosophy class.
We do not draw conclusions with our eyes, but with our reasoning powers, and if the whole of the rest of living nature proclaims with one accord from all sides the evolution of the world of organisms, we cannot assume that the process stopped short of Man. But it follows also that the factors which brought about the development of Man from his Simian ancestry must be the same as those which have brought about the whole of evolution.
Equity feminism is a moral doctrine about equal treatment that makes no commitments regarding open empirical issues in psychology or biology.
One of Satan's greatest tools is pride: to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that he or she becomes insensitive to his Creator or fellow beings. It is a cause for discontent, divorce, teenage rebellion, family indebtedness, and most other problems we face.
What does the earth look like in the places where people commit atrocities? Is there a bad smell, a genius loci, something about the landscape that might incriminate?
And in general, the residents of the town wondered why they all felt hollow just beneath the throat, the result of missing something they had never been able to name in the first place.
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception.
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