Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Paine, Thomas (1795), Age of Reason, Retrieved on -0001-11-30
Memes
01 JAN 2010
Nature is the Word of God We Should Study
Could a man be placed in a situation, and endowed with power of vision to behold at one view, and to contemplate deliberately, the structure of the universe, to mark the movements of the several planets, the cause of their varying appearances, the unerring order in which they revolve, even to the remotest comet, their connection and dependence on each other, and to know the system of laws established by the Creator, that governs and regulates the whole; he would then conceive, far beyond what...Folksonomies: spiritual naturalism
Folksonomies: spiritual naturalism
Thomas Paine's beautiful exposition on the fascination and greatness of the natural world as a source of spiritual sustenance.
01 JAN 2010
For Deists, A Fulfilling, Engaging Life Requires Science
To be happy in old age it is necessary that we accustom ourselves to objects that can accompany the mind all the way through life, and that we take the rest as good in their day. The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age; and the mere drudge in business is but little better: whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical and mechanical science, are a continual source of tranquil pleasure, and in spite of the gloomy dogmas of priests, and of superstition, the study of those things is the stu...Folksonomies: spiritual naturalism
Folksonomies: spiritual naturalism
Thomas Paine on why Ben Franklin was always alive and active in life, because he always had science to inspire him. Without it, he would have gone senile.
14 OCT 2021