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Susan Neiman Quotes

In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato’s belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth and beauty, disseminated widely, will sooner or later lead to goodness. (While we’re making at effort at truth and goodness, beauty reminds us what we’re hold out for.) Picture Quote #1

You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition’s arms Picture Quote #1

Kitsch is much more than a question of style; it’s a preference for consolation over truth. Disney’s version of reality is not just cleaned up, it’s pernicious. Unlike the best forms of art and philosophy, it undercuts the possibility of transformation because it portrays a world that’s just fine as it is--or as it will be by the time the credits come up Picture Quote #1

Whatever else you may need to get clarity, you must start with open eyes Picture Quote #1

As long as your ideas of what’s possible are limited by what’s actual, no other idea has a chance Picture Quote #1

One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them Picture Quote #1

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You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition’s arms Picture Quote #1

Any ethics that needs religion is bad ethics, and any religion that tries to do so is bad religion. Of course, there are plenty of both around Picture Quote #1

I’m delighted to hear someone make the claim that there is moral progress because it can be such a incendiary thing to say, and its something that I say and deeply believe in Picture Quote #1

Those who cannot find are likely to settle for the far more dangerous simplicity, or purity, instead Picture Quote #1

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In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato’s belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth and beauty, disseminated widely, will sooner or later lead to goodness. (While we’re making at effort at truth and goodness, beauty reminds us what we’re hold out for.) (Susan Neiman Quotes) You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition’s arms. (Susan Neiman Quotes) Kitsch is much more than a question of style; it’s a preference for consolation over truth. Disney’s version of reality is not just cleaned up, it’s pernicious. Unlike the best forms of art and philosophy, it undercuts the possibility of transformation because it portrays a world that’s just fine as it is--or as it will be by the time the credits come up. (Susan Neiman Quotes) Whatever else you may need to get clarity, you must start with open eyes (Susan Neiman Quotes) As long as your ideas of what’s possible are limited by what’s actual, no other idea has a chance (Susan Neiman Quotes) One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them (Susan Neiman Quotes) You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition’s arms (Susan Neiman Quotes) Any ethics that needs religion is bad ethics, and any religion that tries to do so is bad religion. Of course, there are plenty of both around (Susan Neiman Quotes) I’m delighted to hear someone make the claim that there is moral progress because it can be such a incendiary thing to say, and its something that I say and deeply believe in (Susan Neiman Quotes) Those who cannot find are likely to settle for the far more dangerous simplicity, or purity, instead (Susan Neiman Quotes)