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A Persian Pearl And Other Essays
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Author : Clarence Seward Darrow
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
A Persian Pearl And Other Essays written by Clarence Seward Darrow and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Literature categories.
The reader and observer is constantly reminded that “there is nothing new under the sun.” We no sooner find some rare gem of thought or expression than we discover that it is only an old diamond, polished anew, perhaps, and offered as an original stone. Neither the reader nor the writer is always aware that the gem is antique and the setting alone is new. The rich mine where the treasure was first found was exhausted in a few brief years, and then became like all the dust of all the worlds; but the gem polished and worn by time and use, ever sparkles and shines, regardless of the fact that the miner’s name is forgotten and his work alone remains. Thus Nature, the great communist, provides that the treasures of genius, like her own bountiful gifts of sunlight, rain and air, shall remain the common property of all her children while any dwell upon the earth. Current literature seems to point to the ascendancy of what is often termed the “pessimistic school.” In one sense this philosophy uncrowns man and places him in his proper relation to the great universe, of which he is so small a part; but while it makes less of man, it expects less from him, and covers his deeds with that cloak of charity, which is the legitimate garment of the great Unknown. But these modern reflections on life and its problems, its purposes and lessons, are far from new. Without venturing a guess as to their origin or age, we take up that old Persian Pearl,—the “Rubaiyat,” and find on its musty pages the great thoughts and searching questions, which have ever returned to man since the intellect was born, and which will still remain unanswered when the last word shall have been spoken, and the race have run its course. It is nearly eight hundred years since Omar Khayyam, the Persian astronomer, philosopher, and poet, mused and wrote upon the uncertainty of life, the eternity of time and the mutability of human things. Since the rose bush was planted above his grave, the material world has been almost made anew. Art and literature have given countless treasures to the earth, and science has solved its mysteries without end. But the riddles of existence—the problems of life, the deep heart of the universe, the cause and purpose and end of all, are mysteries as dark and inscrutable as they were eight centuries ago.
Why I Am An Agnostic And Other Essays
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Author : Clarence Darrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Why I Am An Agnostic And Other Essays written by Clarence Darrow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"In these wide-ranging essays, Darrow attacks beliefs in the inerrancy of the Bible, the immortality of the soul, miracles, and heaven as being completely at odds with human experience and science. The life best lived, Darrow contends, is one that is ruled by reason, uncluttered by dogmatism, and aided by compassion for our fellow human beings." -- Publisher's description
Clarence Darrow Essays
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Author : Clarence Darrow
language : en
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Release Date : 2016-05-26
Clarence Darrow Essays written by Clarence Darrow and has been published by Prabhat Prakashan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-26 with Self-Help categories.
Clarence Darrow was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. The three essays included here are Facing Life Fearlessly, Absurdities Of The Bible, and Why I Am An Agnostic.
Closing Arguments
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Author : Clarence Darrow
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2005
Closing Arguments written by Clarence Darrow and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Closing Arguments: Clarence Darrow on Religion, Law, and Society collects, for the first time, Darrow's thoughts on his three main preoccupations. The effect reveals a carefully conceived philosophy, expressed with delightful pungency and clarity. The provocative content of these writings still challenges us. His thoughts on social issues, especially on the dangers of religious fundamentalism, are uncannily prescient. A dry and even misanthropic humor lightens his essays, and his reflections on himself and his philosophy reveal a quiet dignity at the core of a man better known for provoking Americans during an era of unprecedented tumult. From the wry "Is the Human Race Getting Anywhere," to the scornful "Patriotism," and his elegaic summing up, "At Seventy-Two," Darrow's writing still stimulates and pleases. Darrow, son of a village undertaker and coffinmaker, rose to become one of America's greatest attorneys—and surely its most famous. The Ohio native gained fame for being at the center of momentous trials, including his 1924 defense of Leopold and Loeb and his defense of Darwinian principles in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial." Some have traced Darrow's lifelong campaign against capital punishment to his boyhood terror at seeing a Civil War soldier buried—and no client of Darrow's was ever executed, not even black men who were charged with murder for defending themselves against a white mob. A rebel who always sided intellectually and emotionally with the minority, Darrow remains a figure to contend with sixty-seven years after his death. "Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet," Darrow once said. Closing Arguments demonstrates that, in his case, that statement is true.
A Persian Pearl And Other Essays
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Author : Clarence S. Darrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-01-12
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Clarence Seward Darrow (/ˈd�roʊ/; April 18, 1857 - March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer, leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform.
The Agnostic Lawyer
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Author : Clarence Darrow
language : en
Publisher: Mount San Antonio College/Philosophy Group
Release Date : 2016-01-28
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Before there were the famous books of Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens, and Harris on atheism, there was Clarence Darrow's brilliant witty essays on his disbelief in God, Christianity, and the Bible. This book contains several of Darrow's most witty and penetrating essays on his non-belief. Highly entertaining. As Dr. Andrea Diem-Lane explains: When Spencer Tracy, playing Clarence Darrow in the movie Inherit the Wind, takes the Bible in one hand and On Origin of Species in the other and clasps them together side by side to illustrate how science and religion can work together, one is led to assume that Darrow was indeed a theist evolutionist. But was he? Hollywood's portrayal of him in this classic film is obviously suspect. Instead of supporting theism, Darrow's own writings clearly show his strong support for agnosticism (literally, "not knowing"). This philosophical position--the argument that one cannot know ultimate or metaphysical truths or even whether there are any--fits in line with the teachings of Socrates, Hume, Darwin, Einstein and many other philosophers and scientists today. Science is inherently agnostic. As a discipline it tends to only investigate those claims that can, in theory, be tested and proven. Indeed, Karl Popper, a well known philosopher and historian of science, has stressed that for something to be of scientific merit it must be potentially falsifiable. In other words, science doesn't work by proving itself right, but rather by demonstrating where, when, and how it can potentially be wrong. In this way, it can actually correct prior assumptions and make further testable hypothesis, which can either withstand rational scrutiny or be shown to be lacking in sufficient evidence. When a metaphysical (above or beyond the empirical world) claim is made, however, there is usually no way to test it and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that such a thing actually exists. Believing it to be so is insufficient in the realm of science. Naturally, a question arises: Does the theory of evolution necessitate an agnostic worldview? Or, can one believe in theism and still be an evolutionist such as Kenneth Miller, author of Finding Darwin's God? Yes, one can personally believe in any religious idea one wishes to and even connect such to a scientific paradigm. But saying this also means that one could attach any sort of nonsense to science and try to suggest that they are not in conflict. I could, for instance, say that believing in Gumby and Pokey as Divine Avatars (famous animated claymation figures popular on American television) doesn't conflict with Darwin's idea of natural selection. But making such a banal statement doesn't then justify claiming that one's chosen religious belief is a legitimate scientific position that warrants equal treatment in a Biology course. As Carl Sagan rightly said, "extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof." And since religion, in general, is either unwilling or unable to provide such proofs to the scientific community, it is perhaps inevitable that the only honest position one can hold and still be true to the spirit of science is, in fact, agnosticism. Clarence Darrow, even though not trained as a scientist but rather as a lawyer, realized this truth early on and became a tireless champion of allowing the "unknowing" postulate in science to permeate into one's daily life. As he himself so wittingly observed, "An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths. Everyone is an agnostic as to the beliefs or creeds they do not accept. Catholics are agnostic to the Protestant creeds, and the Protestants are agnostic to the Catholic creed. Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge."
Verdicts Out Of Court
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Author : Clarence Darrow
language : en
Publisher: Books for Libraries
Release Date : 1975
Verdicts Out Of Court written by Clarence Darrow and has been published by Books for Libraries this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Edited by Arthur and Lila Weinberg. A remarkable collection of the great attorney's writings which reveal why he was such a force in the court of law and in the court of public opinion.
A Persian Pearl And Other Essays
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Author : Clarence Darrow
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-10-30
A Persian Pearl And Other Essays written by Clarence Darrow and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-30 with History categories.
"A Persian Pearl, and Other Essays" by Clarence Darrow. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Wisdom Of Clarence Darrow
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Author : Clarence Darrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-10-01
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Executions And The British Experience From The 17th To The 20th Century
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Author : William B. Thesing
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-28
Executions And The British Experience From The 17th To The 20th Century written by William B. Thesing and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
From the trial and execution of King Charles I of England in 1649 to the reading of A.E. Houseman's poems by Clarence Darrow in a Chicago murder trial in 1924, writers have registered their opinions and impressions of both public and private forms of execution. This collection of ten essays examines in detail the literary responses of various writers to the social issue of capital punishment during this four-century span.
