J. J. C. Smart quotes
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“For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because intellectual conflict was resolved.”
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“Indeterminism does not confer freedom on us: I would feel that my freedom was impaired if I thought that a quantum mechanical trigger in my brain might cause me to leap into the garden and eat a slug”
-- J. J. C. SmartSource : J. J. C. Smart, J. J. Haldane (2008). “Atheism and Theism”, p.63, John Wiley & Sons
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“An important tradition within westren philosophy believes in the primacy of natural science as a guide to truth. This is sometimes met with the charge that such an allegiance amounts to scientism - the view that the only things that really exist are those recognized by fundamental physical theory, and that the only forms of genuine knowledge are scientific ones.”
-- J. J. C. SmartSource : J. J. C. Smart, J. J. Haldane (2008). “Atheism and Theism”, p.82, John Wiley & Sons
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“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”
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Source : "Nana". Manga series by Ai Yazawa, July 2000 – June 2009.
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Source : Aaron T. Beck, Fred D. Wright, Cory F. Newman, Bruce S. Liese (2011). “Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse”, p.47, Guilford Press
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