Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative vitality of nature but a supreme being intelligent and benevolent, the answer must be a reluctant negative

Quote by Will Durant

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If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes...

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or...

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a...

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the...

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.