Paul Tillich Quotes on Knowledge
Paul Johannes Tillich was a German-American Lutheran theologian and philosopher of religion and one of the most widely read religious thinkers of the twentieth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Paul Tillich on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Paul Tillich:
“Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.”
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“Philosophy and Fate", a translation of his inaugural address as chair of Professor of Philosophy at the University of Frankfort on the Main (June 1929)”
As Hegel called the place at the end of philosophy the "place of truth," so Marx thought that the proletariat occupies this favored position, and the psychoanalyst attributes it to the completely analyzed personality, and the philosopher of vitalism to the strongest life, to the process of growth, to an élite or a race. There are, according to these ideas, favored moments and positions in history -
“Knowledge of that which concerns us infinitely is possible only in an attitude of infinite concern.”
The Courage to Be(1952) | p. 125 -
“Enthusiasm for the universe, in knowing as well as in creating, also answers the question of doubt and meaninglessness. Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge. And meaninglessness is no threat so long as enthusiasm for the universe and for man as its center is alive.”
The Courage to Be(1952) | p. 121 -
“Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned. The content matters infinitely for the life of the believer, but it does not matter for the formal definition of faith. And this is the first step we have to make in order to understand the dynamics of faith.”
Dynamics of Faith(1957)