Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Inaction 2

Doing nothing is worse than the actual crime.

Pamela
atlasshrugs.com

Inaction 1

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
--Dante

Atheistic Fallacy 1

The circularity of one atheistic argument lies in first postulating that there is no God, and then asking why anyone would want to believe in God.

But if belief in God is a response to a longing for security, then, since different people want different things, is atheism merely a response to the desire for autonomy?

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Courage & Convictions

A common error: to have the courage of your convictions. Rather, have the courage for an attack on your convictions!

Nietzsche

Mining Under

If you are able to convince the opponent’s pawns and pieces to join you, the enemy’s king will not succeed in standing alone for a long time.

Gary Kasparov, September 2004, Hamburg

Method 2

One must say it ten times: The most important things are the methods!

Nietzsche

Method 1

The method of inquiry is the most important thing.

James F. Harris