Top Superstition Quotes
Magic begins in superstition, and ends in science. ... At every step the history of civilization teaches us how slight and superficial a structure civilization is, and how precariously it is poised up...
Will Durant
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barbarism, civilization, history, ignorance, magic, middle ages, modernity, religion, science, superstition
Superstition Definition
(n.) An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious.
(n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion.
(n.) The worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects.
(n.) Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like.
(n.) Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
Theism, as religious people typically hold it, does not merely state that some entity created the universe, but that the universe was created specifically with humans in mind as the most important par...
Tim Maudlin
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atheism, earth, evolution, intelligence, life, meaning, purpose, random, religious people, science
When I argue with devout statists, sometimes other voluntaryists tell me that I'm wasting my time, opining that a particular statist is never going to "get it." I often respond by saying that that's r...
Larken Rose
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anarchy, ancap, coercion, freedom, government, irrationality, libertarian, liberty, nap, non aggression principle