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Quixote1818

(28,946 posts) Tue Sep 11, 2012, 02:35 AM Sep 2012

Have always liked this quote by Albert Einstein

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Albert Einstein

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Have always liked this quote by Albert Einstein (Original Post) Quixote1818 Sep 2012 OP

Brilliant humanist. longship Sep 2012 #1

shouldn't it be: unblock Sep 2012 #2

That's a good one. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2012 #3

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. Brilliant humanist.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 03:31 AM

Sep 2012

He often spoke of god. But "god" to Einstein was a mere placeholder. His god was Spinoza's god, a pantheistic placeholder for nature. A mere surrogate for the universe at it is.

I love Einstein's philosophy.

unblock

(52,253 posts)

2. shouldn't it be:

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 06:53 AM

Sep 2012

either:

If we are good only because we fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed

or

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then they are a sorry lot indeed

?

great sentiment in any case. lost on far too many people, of course.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,638 posts)

3. That's a good one.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 07:15 AM

Sep 2012

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