建前は「嘘」と誤解されがちですが、それは「嘘」のように「人を騙そうとするもの」ではなく「相手との意見の相違を、相手に不快感を与えず伝えるための手段の一つ」だと私は考えています。討論することを敬遠しがちな日本人が、円滑に物事を進めていけるようにと根付いた文化だと思います。の英語

Despite having studied proofs of evolution, some people have clung to traditional doctrines grounded more in mythology than in science.

It must also be said that spotting what is important in current science is a matter of judgement, one cannot know that one is right.

17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty

The Way to see by Faith, is to shut the Eye of Reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.

This might lead us to believe that a simple culture would make use of a simple language, that a complex culture would make use of a complex language, and so on.

For example, when I see scenery from a car window, when I see an interesting building while walking, when I recall a long movie in a single moment, and especially when I see the work of a painter I admire.

At any time in history, in any country you can think of, a child grows up borrowing from parents' values. There are some who would point out that the kind of mentality towards education that some women called "education mama" have, is actually emotionally scarring for the child.

As children are known to emulate the values of adults, it is often pointed out such "education mamas" instill a warped sense of values in their children.

It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.

of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

The interdependence of thought and speech makes it clear that languages are not so much a means of expressing truth that has already been established, but a means of discovering truth that was previously unknown. Their diversity is a diversity not of sounds and signs but of ways of looking at the world.

As a result, it is undeniable that important disciplines and moral education have been neglected. By placing excessive importance on scholastic achievement, many parents have forgotten such basic social courtesies as consideration for others.

By placing excessive importance on scholastic achievement, many parents have forgotten such basic social courtesies as consideration for others.

Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Questions from students regarding selection of reading books and methods of reading are frequent. My answers to this question have always been off point. I feel that it no significant difference to this question and asking about which kind of love and which person would be best.

When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.

the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

This is the day on which the Constitution's fundamental spirit, the sovereignty of the people, respect for fundamental human rights, and pacifism, are all reaffirmed.

When two armies oppose one another, those who can fight should fight, those who can't fight should guard, those who can't guard should flee, those who can't flee should surrender, and those who can't surrender should die.

In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.

of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively

Just because people are corporeal born to this world doesn't mean that they understand everything about it, similarly just because somebody's died doesn't mean that they understand everything about the incorporeal world.

An experiment, I would learn much later when studying the philosophy of science, had to arise from a real dissatisfaction with existing knowledge.

An experiment, I would learn much later, when studying the philosophy of science, had to arise from a real dissatisfaction with existing knowledge.

In this democratic age of ours men clamour for what is popularly considered the best, regardless of their feelings. They want the costly, not the refined; the fashionable, not the beautiful.

The book was so abstract in thought and difficult in language that only a few people could understand it.

This is why I want you to face your real feelings and cherish them even if your feelings are not sunny or positive.

Mastering facts patiently is far more necessary for them than learning expressive and critical skills.