The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.

W.H. Auden

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Doubt and skepticism

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

The Protestant Mystics Forewords and Afterwords

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "The Protestant Mystics." Forewords and Afterwords. Random House/Faber and Faber, 1973.

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Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our table.

W.H. Auden

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Topic
Nature of evil Evil

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W.H. Auden
Source
Herman Melville
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

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If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

Woody Allen

Love and Death

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Nature of God Existence of God God
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Boris Grushenko
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Woody Allen
Source
Love and Death
Medium
Film
Genre
Comedy (film) Comedy
Language
English
Time
1975 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Love and Death. Directed by Woody Allen, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, 1975.