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.
...the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
I do not know if there is a more dreadful word in the English language than that word "lost."
Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
The greatest good that can come to anyone is forming within them an absolute certainty of themselves, and of their relationship to the Universe, forever removing the sense of heaven as being outside of them.
Deep within every man there lies the dread of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the tremendous household of millions and millions.
Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.
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