![Evolution is a theory in a special philosophical sense of science, but in terms of ordinary laymen's use of language, it's a fact, .. Evolution is a fact in the same sense that it's a fact that the Earth is round and not flat, [that] the Earth goes round the Sun. Both those are also theories, but they're theories that have never been disproved and never will be disproved.](/assets/img/quote-photos/evolution-is-a-theory-in-a-special-philosophical-sense-of-science-but-in-terms-o.jpg)
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philosophical animal needs
We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also. Albert Schweitzer
philosophical men brave
The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures Democritus
philosophical objectivity doe
The philosopher forms his principles on an infinity of particular observations...He does not confuse truth with plausibility...he takes for truth what is true, for false what is false, for doubtful what is doubtful, and probable what is probable...The philosophical spirit is thus a spirit of observation and accuracy. Denis Diderot
philosophical youth young
it is harder to be philosophical when you are young. Eleanor Roosevelt
philosophical crafts may
However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about narrative. And it's about telling stories that are engaging and dramatic. Edward Zwick
philosophical thinking order
I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It's about bringing order to complexity. Jonathan Ive
philosophical hands ideas
Inflationism, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. It is only one piece in the total framework of politico-economic and socio-philosophical ideas of our time. Just as the sound money policy of gold standard advocates went hand in hand with liberalism, free trade, capitalism and peace, so is inflationism part and parcel of imperialism, militarism, protectionism, statism and socialism. Ludwig von Mises
philosophical seductive intention
There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted on making them so clear. Aberjhani
philosophical dental-work endurance
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently William Shakespeare
special
Scott is a special player. He does it all. Tony Sabatino
special talent year
No one's going to be selfish. Not this year. We can have a special year with all the talent we have here. David Wright
special maps dots
Foursquare makes maps special. We take maps that are blank and put dots on them to help you figure out what to do. Dennis Crowley
special
I can't say enough about our special teams. To me, that was the only thing that was on today. We didn't play well enough offensively or defensively. Bill Cowher
special
I can't say enough about our special teams.
special population stuff
We [women] are the majority of the population, majority of the electorate, majority of the workforce... and yet we're still doing majority of family unpaid or low paid labor. And we live longer. Our stuff is not "special interest" stuff. Our stuff is the stuff of the future, of the whole. Ai-jen Poo
special time
I look for him to be pretty special by the time he's a senior.
special
I don't ever want to part with any of my shoes. They all have a special place in my heart because they say something about who you are today. Kelis
special
We didn't play well enough offensively and defensively, but I can't say enough about our special teams.
facts doe forsake
Is it not an amazing fact that while others leave us and forsake us, that God never does? Charles Spurgeon
facts matter vulgar
Fact is based upon vulgar matter. Charles Olson
facts wealth affluent
The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent. Dennis Prager
facts opinion illusion
It is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind none is quite so curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and morally superior to those who differ from us in opinion. Elbert Hubbard
facts good truth
For me, the facts in anything are always secondary. You don't lie convincingly with the truth. You lie convincingly with being a good liar. Stephen Graham Jones
facts good means perspective record
From our perspective the facts are it's a good year, but by no means a record flow.
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If a retrial is scheduled we will be right back with the same facts.
facts human intense value vision
The only human value of anything, writing included, is intense vision of the facts. William Williams
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The sad fact is that I love Dickens and Donne and Keats and Eliot and Forster and Conrad and Fitzgerald and Kafka and Wilde and Orwell and Waugh and Marvell and Greene and Sterne and Shakespeare and Webster and Swift and Yeats and Joyce and Hardy, really, really love them. It’s just that they don’t love me back. David Nicholls