“The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be.” In 1980 Carl Sagan offered these words as a sort of atheistic manifesto to explain the world we live in. Sagan’s brilliant mind and winsome demeanor defused the provocative statement and popularized a philosophical commitment known as “naturalism.” While this concept is

“We have no abiding city even in philosophy: all passes, except the Word.” C.S. Lewis wrote these words to his friend Dom Bede Griffiths on January 8th, 1936. Lewis was concerned that Griffiths was too enamored with Eastern philosophies and that he was vulnerable of diluting his Christian faith. This is a good illustration of

Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel. These words find their home in the opening paragraph of G.K. Chesterton’s classic work Orthodoxy. The book was born out of a challenge. Chesterton was accused of critiquing others’ views while neglecting to build a case for his own in his earlier published work

“Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.” Why should anyone study during a time of war? That was the question C.S. Lewis was answering in 1939 when he delivered the previous quote in a church in Oxford, England. Whether at war or at peace, there are

A madman with a lantern cried out, “I am looking for God! I am looking for God!” In response to the laughing crowd, he then proclaimed, “God is dead. And we have killed him.” Nietzsche spoke these words through the voice of a fictional character in his book The Gay Science. Nietzsche’s point is essentially