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Quotes Tagged "pathetic-fallacy"

In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology in order to challenge it. Better to dispose of the needless assumption altogether. This holds true for everything from Noah's flood to the Holocaust.
— Christopher Hitchens
Tags: theodicy, religion, problem-of-evil, pathetic-fallacy, ontology, noah, holocaust, god, deluge-myth, atheism, acts-of-god, 2004-indian-ocean-earthquake
The twentieth century has built up a powerful set of intellectual shortcuts and devices that help us defend ourselves against moments when clouds suddenly appear to think.
— Charles Baxter Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
Tags: writing, sanity, pathetic-fallacy, consensual-reality, anthropomorphization
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