Author of quotes: Galina Valentinovna Grinenko. Page 6
In 1515, Thomas More published the treatise UTOPIA, which depicts an ideal society. There, all people are equal, there is no private or even personal property, not only production, but also everyday life is socialized. Labor is the responsibility of all citizens; assignment to work is made depending on the needs of society and the abilities of citizens. The working day lasts six hours. The most difficult and unpleasant work is performed by criminals who have the status of slaves. Consumer goods are distributed among citizens according to need; there is no money in Utopia. There is material abundance in society.
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If necessary, the monarch can and must use extremely cruel measures, for example, to resettle entire nations, destroy old cities and build new ones, make the rich poor and the poor rich. All measures are justified when it comes to maintaining stability and order in the state. So, if there is at least the possibility of a riot, then it is better to execute in advance several dozen innocent people who could lead it, than to allow the riot itself, in which thousands will probably die.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:51
The state is based on force, which is not associated with any moral norms, therefore the state needs a coercive apparatus. The ideal sovereign is a fox and a lion, he is both adored by the people and feared.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:48
The struggle between people reaches a special intensity when it comes to the possession of property. Such a struggle is inevitable.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:45
Man by nature is neither good nor bad, however, there is more bad in him. therefore, a skillful politician must take into account more the weaknesses and shortcomings of people than their positive qualities.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:42
Different methods of government are suitable for different peoples: the northern peoples must be ruled by force, the southern ones - through religion, the peoples of temperate countries - through reason.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:39
The very process of creating the world is necessary for God to comprehend his own essence - he creates angels and man as an organ of his self-knowledge. The eyes of this Abyss are our eyes, and it is a mirror of itself.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:36
Man discovers in nature two qualities: one good, the other evil, which in this world in all forces, in the stars and elements, equally in all creatures, are inseparable from one another, as something united. Such qualities are heat and cold, air and water, bitter and sweet, etc. Opposite qualities constantly fight with each other, existing in unity.
Quote Explanation: The law of unity and the struggle of opposites.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:33
The Universe is a single living organism, animated by a single astral soul. Since man is a microcosm, similar to the Universe, then, by comprehending our own soul, we can find means to magically influence nature.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:30
Paracelsus told his medical students: Reading
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:27
Science and magic have a number of common ideological premises: there are objective and constantly operating laws of existence both in the sphere of the natural and in the sphere of the supernatural; man is able to know these laws; on the basis of these laws, technologies can be developed that allow a person to influence natural and/or supernatural forces and objects in order to achieve their goals.
Quote Explanation: This is what natural philosophy (philosophy of nature) says in the 15th-16th centuries
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:24
Divine nature cannot be the source of evil, but the desire for pleasure lies in human nature, it is a requirement of nature. This means that no sensual pleasures are immoral.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:18
One of the most important ideas of the humanists was that a person should be assessed not by his nobility and wealth, not by the merits of his ancestors, but only by what he himself has achieved.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:15
Humanism is a special phenomenon in the spiritual life of the Renaissance. The focus of humanists is on man, but not as a vessel
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:12
According to the views of pantheists, there is no nature outside of God, but there is no God outside of nature. One can distinguish between materialistic and idealistic pantheism. The idealist believed that nature dissolves in God, and the materialist believed that God dissolves in nature. Representatives of materialistic pantheism are Giordano Bruno and Tommaso Campanella.
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