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There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. at bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure that they are atheists; it is with them only a question of definition, and in any case, if they do not believe in god, being great minds, they prove god.
-Victor Hugo
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There Are, As We Know, Powerful And

Victor Hugo
There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. at bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure that they are atheists; it is with them only a question of definition, and in any case, if they do not believe in god, being great minds, they prove god.
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Certainly there are things worth believing. i believe in the brotherhood of man and the uniqueness of the individual. but if you ask me to prove what i believe, i can't. you know them to be true but you could spend a whole lifetime without being able to prove them. the mind can proceed only so far upon what it knows and can prove. there comes a point where the mind takes a leap—call it intuition or what you will—and comes out upon a higher plane of knowledge, but can never prove how it got there. all great discoveries have involved such a leap.
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