Edgar Sheffield Brightman Quotes
Edgar Sheffield Brightman was an American philosopher of religion and the leading second-generation representative of Boston Personalism. A pupil of Borden Parker Bowne, he held the Borden Parker Bowne chair at Boston University for the rest of his life and taught generations of students, including the young Martin Luther King Jr. The quotes below are attributed to Edgar Sheffield Brightman, organized by topic.
Edgar Sheffield Brightman on God
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Attributed to Edgar Sheffield Brightman:
“God is finite in power but infinite in love.”
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“Evil is the genuine surd in the divine experience.”
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“Religion at its best is the cooperation with God for ideal values.”
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Attributed to Edgar Sheffield Brightman:
“Every theology of an unlimited God collapses before the fact of evil.”
Edgar Sheffield Brightman on Mind
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Attributed to Edgar Sheffield Brightman:
“Personality is the supreme value and the supreme reality.”