Quotes by Latter NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate; it can be apprehended only by a process of reasoning - which is a phenomenon. Ambrose Bierce latter existence process When I was willing to let go of what I wanted, I received what was truly mine. I’ve realized that the latter is always the greater gift. Anita Moorjani latter letting-go wanted Is it so wrong to just live life and enjoy it? Between fun and function, why must we choose the latter? Arthur Nersesian latter live-life fun I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter. Barbara Mertz latter habit writing I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge. Baruch Spinoza latter superstitions ignorance There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers. Bertolt Brecht latter workers stupidity What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth. Brigham Young latter saint earth Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test Brigham Young latter saint tests The key, I suppose, has less to do with insight than with willingness, the former being relatively useless without the latter. Caroline Knapp latter useless keys Hereafter we shall be compelled to acknowledge that the only distinction between species and well-marked varieties is, that the latter are known, or believed to be connected at the present day by intermediate gradations whereas species were formerly thus connected. Charles Darwin latter belief science I define a Sign as anything which is so determined by something else, called its Object, and so determines an effect upon a person, which effect I call its Interpretant, that the latter is thereby mediately determined by the former. Charles Sanders Peirce latter former determined You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter. Charlie Ergen i-dont-trust-you latter one-day The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not. Criss Jami latter intelligent ignorance Empiricism in the sciences is a method; naturalism in philosophy is a metaphysics; and the latter neither follows from nor underlies the former. David Bentley Hart latter method philosophy I don't endorse deism or interventionist theism. My point is just that evolutionary biology is logically compatible with the former and with some versions of the latter. Elliott Sober latter theism biology If we have a better understanding of knowledge than we do of such justification or competence, then we can explain the latter through the former. Ernest Sosa latter justification understanding This latter day work is spiritual. It takes spirituality to comprehend it, to love it, to discern it. Therefore, seek the spirit in all you do. Keep it with you continually. That is our challenge. Ezra Taft Benson latter spiritual challenges Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest. Francis Bacon latter ancient time If historians of philosophy are to be divided into those who focus on discontinuities and those who focus on continuities, I belong in the latter camp. Gail Fine latter focus philosophy The fact is, both callers and work thicken - the former sadly interfering with the latter. George Eliot latter former facts 1234»