Kupka 1922 |
"L'experiència religiosa és una realitat en la mesura en que, enmig de l'esforç per preveure i regular els objectius futurs, som sostinguts i desplegats, en la feblesa i en el fracàs, pel sentit d'una embolcallant totalitat."
John Dewey a Human Nature and Conduct (1922)
Ser religiós i tenir fe s'associa amb "la unificació del jo per la fidelitat a unes finalitats ideals que ho inclouen tot, finalitats que la imaginació ens ofereix i a les quals respon la voluntat humana considerant-los dignes de controlar els nostres desigs i possibilitats d'elecció."
"No estem davant d'uns ideals completament incorporats a l'existència, ni tampoc davant d'uns ideals que siguin simples ideals sense fonament, fantasies, utopies. Perquè hi ha en la naturalesa i en la societat forces que produeixen i sostenen els ideals. Aquests són unificats després per l'acció, que els hi dona una coherència i una solidesa. A aquesta relació activa entre l'ideal i el real és al que jo donaria el nom de Déu."
"Faith in the possibilities of continued and rigorous inquiry does not limit access to truth to any channel or scheme of things. It does not first say that truth is universal and then add there is but one road to it."
"There is nothing left worth preserving in the notions of unseen powers, controlling human destiny, to which obedience and worship are due."
John Dewey a A Common Faith (1934)
Altres cites de John Dewey (1859-1952):
"The future of religion is connected with the possibility of developing a faith in the possibilities of human experience and human relationships that will create a vital sense of the solidarity of human interests and inspire action to make that sense a reality."
"The intellectual content of religions has always finally adapted itself to scientific and social conditions after they have become clear.... For this reason I do not think that those who are concerned about the future of a religious attitude should trouble themselves about the conflict of science with traditional doctrines."
"To possess all the world of knowledge and lose one’s own self is as awful a fate in education as in religion."
"The religious is any activity pursued on behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss because of its general and enduring value."
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