„If one adds anything small or great to the queen of virtues, piety, or on the other hand takes something from it, in either case he will change and transform its nature. Addition will beget superstition and subtraction will beget impiety.“
99- 101.
On the Special Laws
Philo von Alexandria1
Philosoph der Antike -15 - 45 v.ChrÄhnliche Zitate
„One unscrupulous distortion of the truth tends to beget other and opposite distortions.“
— Aldous Huxley, buch Ends and Means
Ends and Means (1937)
„Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.“
— Ian Fleming, buch Diamonds Are Forever
Quelle: Diamonds Are Forever
„Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other.“
— Joseph Addison politician, writer and playwright 1672 - 1719
No. 387 (24 May 1712).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
— Paul Carus American philosopher 1852 - 1919
"Logical and Mathematical Thought?" in The Monist, Vol. 20 (1909-1910), p. 69
„A great library easily begets affection, which may deepen into love.“
— Augustine Birrell British politician 1850 - 1933
"In the Name of the Bodleian"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
— Walter Raleigh English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer 1554 - 1618
Quelle: The Cabinet Council (published 1658), Chapter 25
— Jeff Cooper American journalist 1920 - 2006
Cooper vs. Terrorism https://www.sightm1911.com/lib/ccw/Cooper_vs_Terrorism.htm
Variante: One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure — and in some cases I have — that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.
— Jonathan Edwards Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian 1703 - 1758
Diary (10 November 1724).
— Leonardo Da Vinci Italian Renaissance polymath 1452 - 1519
"Of fire"
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XX Humorous Writings
— Friedrich Nietzsche, buch Menschliches, Allzumenschliches
(de) Den Andern zum Vorbild. Wer ein gutes Beispiel geben will, muss seiner Tugend einen Gran Narrheit zusetzen: dann ahmt man nach und erhebt sich zugleich über den Nachgeahmten, - was die Menschen lieben.
Section IX, "Man Alone with Himself" / aphorism 561
Human, All Too Human (1878), Helen Zimmern translation
— Ken Wilber American writer and public speaker 1949
An Integral Spirituality
Kontext: Attunement could occur through any of the great religions, but would be tied exclusively to none of them. A person could be attuned to an "integral spirituality" while still be a practicing Christian, Buddhist, New-Age advocate, or Neopagan. This would be something added to one's religion, not subtracted from it. The only thing it would subtract (and there's no way around this) is the belief that one's own path is the only true path to salvation.
„There is no valid virtue without piety, and there is no authentic piety without virtue.“
— Frithjof Schuon Swiss philosopher 1907 - 1998
[2013, From the Divine to the Human, World Wisdom, 70, 978-1-936597-32-1]
Spiritual path, Virtue
