Philosophy as Conversation
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Channel: Footnotes2Plato · 2008 · Education
Are there such things as useless conversations? Jefferson cut out the passages of the New Testament that he deemed supernatural and preserved only the ethical teachings of Jesus: ""Say nothing of my religion," Jefferson once said. "It is known to myself and my God alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life; if that has been honest and dutiful to society, the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one." latimes.com/features/books/la-me-beliefs5-2008jul05,0,1845453.story Other Founding Fathers view's on spirituality: http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/tik0807/culture/books/soulful/base_view
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