Evil in Modern Thought Quotes

“great thinkers simply got stuck out of sheer curiosity investigating very general questions about the way things are.”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

“Home is the normal--whatever place you happen to start from and return to without having to answer questions. It's a metaphor that may seem to fit reduced expectations. We no longer seek towers that would reach to the heavens; we've abandoned attempts to prove that we live in a chain of being whose every link bears witness to the glory of God. We merely seek assurance that we find ourselves in a place where we know our way about.”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

“the problem of evil is the guiding force of modern thought.”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

“Is reality exhausted by what is, or does it leave room for all that could be?”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

“What drives pure reason to efforts that seem to have neither end nor result?”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

“The dangers of sophistry and scholasticism are present in the possibility of philosophy itself.”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

“Twentieth-century philosophy is not unique in its ability to confuse puzzles with problems.”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

“inexhaustible effort that philosophers devote to a subject that brings no results.”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

“how can human beings behave in ways that so thoroughly violate both reasonable and rational norms?”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

“How could a good God create a world full of innocent suffering?”
― Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy