Where Christianity disappears, greed, envy, and lust invent a thousand ideologies to justify themselves.

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994), Philosoph

Topics: Ethical Questions, Justice & Commitment

Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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.

All quotes by Nicolás Gómez Dávila (20)

More on this topic

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa

It is not your business to succeed, but to do right: when you have done so, the rest lies with God.
C.S. Lewis

The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Mother Teresa

My obligation is to do the right thing. The rest is in God's hands.
Martin Luther King Jr.

There are no ordinary people; every neighbor carries eternal significance.
C.S. Lewis

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr.

But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
Desmond Tutu

All quotes · lumen.bible