Quotes by Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994) — Philosoph · Katholisch · Kolumbien
Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994) war ein kolumbianischer Privatgelehrter und Philosoph, der weitgehend zurückgezogen in Bogotá wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch seine aphoristischen Scholien, in denen er als dezidierter Traditionalist eine fundamentale theologische Kritik an Moderne, Aufklärung und Demokratie formulierte. Für Bibelleser schärfen seine pointierten Denkanstöße das Bewusstsein für die Begrenztheit des Menschen und die Transzendenz Gottes gegenüber säkularen Selbstüberhöhungen.
Era: The 20th Century
Recurring topics: Wisdom & Understanding, Ethical Questions, Doubt & Hard Questions, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Meaning & Identity, Freedom & Truth, Justice & Commitment, Humility & Pride
Quotes by Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Only God can fill even the smallest emptiness.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
To outrage anyone nowadays, it is enough to suggest that they give something up.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The waters of the West are putrid, yet the spring is pure.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Boundless tolerance is just a hypocritical way of giving oneself up.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Whoever defends the revolution quotes discourse; whoever accuses it quotes facts.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
If everything is ideology, then history is merely a carnival without meaning.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
I only trust a philosophy that confirms the most elementary religious insights.
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The guardian angels of many people must be fallen angels.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Truth dwells in the indeterminate zone where opposing principles cross and correct each other.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Stupid convictions have the hardness of granite.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
History shows that man's lucky strikes are accidental and his blunders methodical.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Freedom is the metal from which shackles are forged.
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In religion, objections and proofs are equally superfluous.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The progressive Christian makes eyes at his opponent, so that his faith may be forgiven him.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The only proof of God's existence is his existence.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
To justify his misdeeds, man indiscriminately appeals to aesthetics, ethics, or religion.
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The history of philosophy has the monotony of a pendulum.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The unbeliever can be intelligent; the heretic is usually stupid.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Never has humanity dressed so ugly as in our era of free choice of clothing.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila
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