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«In the time of Galileo it was argued that the texts, 'And the sun stood still ... and hasted not to go down about a whole day' (Joshua x. 13) and 'He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not move at any time' (Psalm cv. 5) were an adequate refutation of the Copernican theory.»
Author: Alan Turing (Logician, Mathematician) | Keywords: adequate, argued, Copernican, foundations, Galileo, go down, Joshua, psalm, refutation, refutations, texts, The Foundations
«No matter how thoroughly and searchingly we may have scrutinized works of literature from the historical and biographical point of view, we must be able to tell good from bad, the first-rate from the second-rate. We shall otherwise not write literary criticism at all, but merely social or political history as reflected in literary texts, or psychological case histories from past eras.»
Author: Edmund Wilson | Keywords: all but, biographical, eras, first rate, historical, Histories, literary, literary criticism, literary work, point of view, Political history, psychological, reflected, scrutinize, scrutinized, scrutinizing, searchingly, second rate, texts
«When the Devil quotes Scriptures, it's not, really, to deceive, but simply that the masses are so ignorant of theology that somebody has to teach them the elementary texts before he can seduce them»
Author: Paul Goodman | About: Devil | Keywords: deceive, elementary, masses, quotes, scriptures, seduce, texts, theology, The Masses
«By preparing a garland for a Deity with one's own hand; by grinding sandal paste for the Lord with one's own hand; and by writing sacred texts with one's own hand -- one becomes blessed with opulence equal to that of Indra.»
Author: Chanakya (Politician, strategist, Writer) | Keywords: preparing, sandals, texts
«The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn»
Author: Martin Luther (Priest, Scholar) | Keywords: bear, devil, drive, drive out, flout, flouts, jeer, jeered, jeering, jeers, scorn, scorning, scripture, texts, the Devil, yield, yield up
«The texts of India insist on the value of actual practice and the need to confirm the truths by experiencing their impact.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Spiritual leader) | Keywords: insist, texts
«If a person desires to understand clearly the sacred books and scriptural texts of India, to imbibe their message, he must learn the Sanskrit language; he cannot avoid that responsibility and that duty.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Spiritual leader) | Keywords: imbibe, imbibed, imbibes, Sanskrit, scriptural, texts
«The stupid texts of the Bible - from which, be the talents of the preacher what they may, only stupid sermons can be preached»
Author: Thomas Paine (Writer) | Keywords: preached, preacher, sermons, talents, texts
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