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Hans Jonas Quotes

Blind nature will nearly always select the most probable, but man can let the most improbable become actual Picture Quote #1

If man was the relative of animals, then animals were the relatives of man, and in degrees bearers of that inwardness of which man, the most advanced of their kin, is conscious in himself Picture Quote #1

For a scientific theory of him to be possible, man, including his habits of valuation, has to be taken as determined by causal laws, as an instance and part of nature Picture Quote #1

Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man Picture Quote #1

The will to set values and the power to make them law are jointly at the bottom of all operative norms. When linked to divine wisdom, this source of moral law is still in safe hands which man can trust Picture Quote #1

It is a changing world because of the newcomers who keep arriving and who leave us behind. Trying to keep pace with them is doomed to inglorious failure, especially as the pace has quickened so much Picture Quote #1

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Being, in the testimony it gives of itself, informs us not only about what it is but also about what we owe it Picture Quote #1

We need wisdom the most when we believe in it the least Picture Quote #1

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Blind nature will nearly always select the most probable, but man can let the most improbable become actual (Hans Jonas Quotes) If man was the relative of animals, then animals were the relatives of man, and in degrees bearers of that inwardness of which man, the most advanced of their kin, is conscious in himself. (Hans Jonas Quotes) For a scientific theory of him to be possible, man, including his habits of valuation, has to be taken as determined by causal laws, as an instance and part of nature. (Hans Jonas Quotes) Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man (Hans Jonas Quotes) The will to set values and the power to make them law are jointly at the bottom of all operative norms. When linked to divine wisdom, this source of moral law is still in safe hands which man can trust. (Hans Jonas Quotes) It is a changing world because of the newcomers who keep arriving and who leave us behind. Trying to keep pace with them is doomed to inglorious failure, especially as the pace has quickened so much. (Hans Jonas Quotes) Being, in the testimony it gives of itself, informs us not only about what it is but also about what we owe it. (Hans Jonas Quotes) We need wisdom the most when we believe in it the least (Hans Jonas Quotes)