Theodore DalrympleDemonstrative proof is lacking, but if we thought only about those things about which such proof were available, our minds would be empty most of the time.
About This Quote
In his book, Philosophy as a Way of Life, the French philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas wrote: “Demonstrative proof is lacking, but if we thought only about those things about which such proof were available, our minds would be empty most of the time.” Through this quote, you can see that despite the fact that evidence is lacking for many things that we believe to be true, such as the existence of God or the afterlife, we do not need such evidence to lead us to believe in those things. We believe because we feel it.
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