“Perfect happiness can consist in nothing else than the vision of the Divine Essence.”
Source: Summa Theologica (1265–1274), I–II, q. 3, art. 8 co
“The essence of Jewish faith is consistent with no embodiment other than the system of halakhic praxis.”
"Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State" (1995)
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Yehuda Ashlag
(1886–1954) Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Kabbalist
Assorted Themes, On Form, Essence & Matter
“The essence of happiness consists in an act of the intellect.”
Josef Pieper
(1904–1997) German philosopher
(Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica) … What is implicit in this sentence? This is implicit: the fulfillment of existence takes place in the manner in which we become aware of reality; the whole energy of our being is ultimately directed toward attainment of insight. The perfectly happy person, the one whose thirst has been finally quenched, who has attained beatitude—this person is the one who sees. The happiness, the quenching, the perfection, consists in this seeing.
Source: Happiness and Contemplation (1958), p. 58
A. Wayne Wymore
(1927–2011) American mathematician
A. Wayne Wymore (1970) Systems Engineering Methodology. Department of Systems Engineering, The University of Arizona, p. 14/2; As cited in: J.C. Heckman (1973) Locating traveler support facilities along the interstate system--a simulation using general systems theory. p. 43.
Larry Wall
(1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199809041918.MAA06850@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.”
John Adams
(1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States
No. 13
1790s, Discourses on Davila (1790)
Context: Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist. But if unlimited or unbalanced power of disposing property, be put into the hands of those who have no property, France will find, as we have found, the lamb committed to the custody of the wolf. In such a case, all the pathetic exhortations and addresses of the national assembly to the people, to respect property, will be regarded no more than the warbles of the songsters of the forest. The great art of law-giving consists in balancing the poor against the rich in the legislature, and in constituting the legislative a perfect balance against the executive power, at the same time that no individual or party can become its rival. The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. The executive and the legislative powers are natural rivals; and if each has not an effectual control over the other, the weaker will ever be the lamb in the paws of the wolf. The nation which will not adopt an equilibrium of power must adopt a despotism. There is no other alternative. Rivalries must be controlled, or they will throw all things into confusion; and there is nothing but despotism or a balance of power which can control them.
“Secularity is a system that exists in the essence of religion.”
Harun Yahya
(1956) Turkish author
21 June 2013.
A9 TV addresses, 2013
Context: Freedom would bring about comfort and abundance. We should protect Jews, we should protect Christians and irreligious people as well. Let us create such a liberal, refreshing, beautiful environment. A very wealthy, sound understanding of religion would prevail in such an environment. Secularity is a system that exists in the essence of religion.