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Philosophical literature3 quotes
The new philosophy proceeds from the world, the book of God. — Tommaso Campanella · 1622Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. — Julian Huxley · 1927If ignorance of nature gave birth to the Gods, knowledge of nature is destined to destroy them. — Baron d'Holbach · 1770Scientific literature3 quotes
For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries. — Robert Jastrow · 1978Not in innocence, and not in Asia, was mankind born. — Robert Ardrey · 1961There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search for gaps-gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps? — Henry Drummond · 1894Religious literature2 quotes
For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries. — Robert Jastrow · 1978Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. — Julian Huxley · 1927Adventure1 quote
In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000. — Santosh Patel · 2012Adventure (film)1 quote
In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000. — Santosh Patel · 2012Drama1 quote
In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000. — Santosh Patel · 2012Drama (film)1 quote
In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000. — Santosh Patel · 2012Economic literature1 quote
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. — Adam Smith · 1776