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If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research. Chauncey Wright

Science Experience Become Research Assumption Further Systematic Give General Direction Only Reached Until Concrete Ultimate Truths Then Inherent

The anchovy which is found in the sea at Athens, men despise on account of its abundance and say that it is a poor man's fish; but in other cities, they prize it above everything, even where it is far inferior to the Attic anchovy. Chrysippus

When through the power of sight we see white, that which comes about in the soul through the act of seeing is a modification. And on the basis of this modification, we are able to say that the white which is affecting us exists. Chrysippus

Soul Power White Say Sight See Able Seeing About Through Affecting Exists Which Modification Us Act Basis

There is a certain head, and that head you have not. Now this being so, there is a head which you have not; therefore, you are without a head. Chrysippus

You Head Without Being Which Certain Therefore Now

Death is the separation of soul from body. Chrysippus

Death Soul Separation Body

The soul is joined to and is separated from the body. Therefore, the soul is corporeal. Chrysippus

Soul Joined Body Separated Therefore

Of causes, some are complete and primary, others auxiliary and proximate. Hence, when we say that all things come about through fate by antecedent causes, we do not mean this to be understood as 'by complete and primary causes,' but 'by auxiliary and proximate causes.' Chrysippus

Fate Others Complete Say All Things Some About Through Primary Come Understood Causes Mean Hence Things

If something were brought about without an antecedent cause, it would be untrue that all things come about through fate. But if it is plausible that all events have an antecedent cause, what ground can be offered for not conceding that all things come about through fate? Chrysippus

Events Fate Cause Would Would-Be All Things Brought About Something Through Come Untrue Without Were Offered Ground Plausible Things

Fate is a sempiternal and unchangeable series and chain of things, rolling and unraveling itself through eternal sequences of cause and effect, of which it is composed and compounded. Chrysippus

Fate Cause Composed Compounded Unraveling Unchangeable Through Effect Itself Rolling Which Eternal Chain Series Things

Although it is true that by fate all things are forced and linked by a necessary and dominant reason, nevertheless the character of our minds is subject to fate in a manner corresponding to their nature and quality. Chrysippus

Nature Character Quality Fate Our Minds Corresponding All Things True Nevertheless Forced Although Subject Linked Dominant Manner Reason Things Necessary

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil. Claude Adrien Helvetius

Harsh Like Always Effect Anvil Which Repulsed

The intuition of free will gives us the truth. Corliss Lamont

Truth Will Free Free Will Intuition Gives Us

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists. Corliss Lamont

Knowledge Philosophers Intuition Does Itself Cannot Psychologists Amount Disregarded

Most men, I am convinced, have an unmistakable feeling at the final moment of significant choice that they are making a free decision, that they can really decide which one of two or more roads to follow. Corliss Lamont

The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics. Corliss Lamont

Ethics Willing Various Courses Conduct Central Realm Act Choosing Among

The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature. Corliss Lamont

Nature Else Our Determining Inescapable Brains Just Anywhere Anywhere Else

The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well beyond the sanctuary. Many secular liturgies are trying to get us to love some other kingdom and some other gods. Dallas Willard

Love Secular Other Analysis Our Worship Out Spill Insight Some Kingdom Rituals He He Or She Bound Beyond She Well Practices Cultural Up Person Get Trying Gods Form Loves To Love Sanctuary Us Radar Many Core

Spiritual formation in a Christian tradition answers a specific human question: 'What kind of person am I going to be?' It is the process of establishing the character of Christ in the person. That's all it is. Dallas Willard

Character Spiritual Christ Christian Kind Am Answers Tradition Question Person Going Human Establishing Formation Process Specific Christian Tradition

Reality is what you can count on. Dallas Willard

You Reality Count

What you present as the gospel will determine what you present as discipleship. If you present as the gospel what is essentially a theory of the atonement, and you say, 'If you accept this theory of the atonement, your sins are forgiven, and when you die you will be received into heaven,' there is no basis for discipleship. Dallas Willard

You Will Say Determine Atonement Accept Gospel Sins Die Forgiven Heaven Essentially Your Theory Present Received Basis

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