Hans Jonas
Philosopher
1903-05-10
Books by Hans Jonas
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Quotes by Hans Jonas
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation... Will replaces vision; temporality of the act outsts the eternity of the good-in-itselfAs the product of the indifferent, his being, too, must be indifferent. Then the facing of his morality would simply warrant the reaction let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die. There is no point in caring for what has no sanction behind it in any creative intention.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation... Will replaces vision; temporality of the act outsts the eternity of the good-in-itselfAs the product of the indifferent, his being, too, must be indifferent. Then the facing of his morality would simply warrant the reaction let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die. There is no point in caring for what has no sanction behind it in any creative intention.
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Responsibility has become the fundamental imperative in modern civilization, and it should be an unavoidable criterion to assess and evaluate human actions, including, in a special way, development activities.
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Only a completely unintelligible God can be said to be absolutely good and absolutely powerful yet tolerate the world as it is.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
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