ﺩﺭ ﺯﻣﺎﻥﻫﺎﯼ ﻗﺪﯾﻢ ﺳﻪ ﺍﺳﺘﺪﻻﻝ ﻓﮑﺮﯼ ﺩﺭﺑﺎﺭﻩﯼ ﻭﺟﻮﺩ ﺧﺪﺍ ﻭﺟﻮﺩ ﺩﺍﺷﺖ، ﻭ ﻫﺮ ﺳﻪﯼ ﺁﻥﻫﺎ ﺗﻮﺳﻂ ﺍﯾﻤﺎﻧﻮﺋﻞ ﮐﺎﻧﺖ ﺩﺭ "ﻧﻘﺪ ﺧﺮﺩ ﻣﺤﺾ"٬ ﺭﺩ ﺷﺪﻧﺪ؛ ﺍﻣﺎ ﺑﻼﻓﺎﺻﻠﻪ ﭘﺲ ﺍﺯ ﺭﺩ ﺁﻥ ﺍﺳﺘﺪﻻﻝﻫﺎ ﺍﻭ ﺍﺳﺘﺪﻻﻝ ﺟﺪﯾﺪﯼ ﺍﺑﺪﺍﻉ ﮐﺮﺩ، ﯾﮏ ﺍﺳﺘﺪﻻﻝ ﺍﺧﻼﻗﯽ؛ ﻭ ﺍﻭ ﺑﺎ ﺁﻥ ﻣﺘﻘﺎﻋﺪ ﺷﺪ.

ﺍﻭ ﻣﺜﻞ ﺧﯿﻠﯽ ﺍﺯ ﻣﺮﺩﻡ ﺑﻮﺩ: ﺩﺭ ﺍﻣﻮﺭ ﻓﮑﺮﯼ ﺷﮑﺎﮎ ﺑﻮﺩ، ﺍﻣﺎ ﺩﺭ ﺍﻣﻮﺭ ﺍﺧﻼﻗﯽ ﮐﺎﻣﻼً ﺑﻪ ﻗﻮﺍﻋﺪﯼ ﺑﺎﻭﺭ ﺩﺍﺷﺖ ﮐﻪ ﺭﻭﯼ ﺯﺍﻧﻮﯼ ﻣﺎﺩﺭﺵ ﺟﺬﺏ ﮐﺮﺩﻩ ﺑﻮﺩ. ﺍﯾﻦ ﭼﯿﺰﯼ ﺭﺍ ﮐﻪ ﺭﻭﺍﻥ ﮐﺎﻭﻫﺎ ﺑﺮ ﺁﻥ ﺑﺴﯿﺎﺭ ﺗﺄﮐﯿﺪ ﻣﯽﮐﻨﻨﺪ ﻧﺸﺎﻥ ﻣﯽﺩﻫﺪ ﺍﯾﻨﮑﻪ ﺗﺪﺍﻋﯽﻫﺎ ﻭ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﯿﺎﺕ ﺑﺴﯿﺎﺭ ﺍﻭﻟﯿﻪ ﻣﺎﻥ ﺍﺯ ﺁﻥ ﻫﺎﯾﯽ ﮐﻪ ﺩﯾﺮﺗﺮ ﺻﻮﺭﺕ ﮔﺮﻓﺘﻪﺍﻧﺪ،... ﺗﺄﺛﯿﺮ ﺑﺴﯿﺎﺭ ﺑﯿﺸﺘﺮﯼ ﺑﺮ ﻣﺎ ﺩﺍﺭﻧﺪ.

برتراند راسل درباره ایمانوئل کانت، برگرفته از کتاب "چرا مسیحی نیستم"

فرستنده: محمد ام بی

برگرفته شده از صفحه :کانون اگنوستیک ها و آتئیستهای ایران 

There used to be in the old days three intellectual arguments for the existence of God, all of which were disposed of by Immanuel Kant in the Critique of Pure Reason; but no sooner had he disposed of those arguments than he invented a new one, a moral argument, and that quite convinced him. He was like many people: in intellectual matters he was skeptical, but in moral matters he believed implicitly in the maxims that he had imbibed at his mother's knee. That illustrates what the psychoanalysts so much emphasize — the immensely stronger hold upon us that our very early associations have than those of later times.

Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian 1927