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Quote of the day

December 20th, 2007

This one is of unknown origin, though I found it in one of Daniel C. Dennett’s books.

Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.

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3 Responses to “Quote of the day”

  1. Memex 1.1 » Blog Archive » Quote of the day Says:
    December 21st, 2007 at 9:02 am

    [...] Quentin’s blog: Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be [...]

  2. acb Says:
    December 21st, 2007 at 10:05 am

    Yes, but what this elegantly glib formulation misses is that the answers, over time, can become answers to entirely different questions, so that, though the words stay the same, the content can come to mean whatever it needs to.

  3. Morry Jaffe Says:
    December 21st, 2007 at 9:38 pm

    I like it, but I would substitute “poses” for “is” in that quote.

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