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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under religion religion Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The rule for interpreting Scripture should be the natural reason common to all, not supernatural light or outside authority The rule for interpreting Scripture shouldbe the natural reason common to all, notsupernatural light or outside authority BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hardly anything in Scripture can be proved contrary to natural reason — tap to centre the map on it Hardly anything in Scripture can beproved contrary to natural reason BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: The eternity of the universe is unproven, and a merely plausible argument does not justify reading scripture figuratively — tap to centre the map on it The eternity of the universe isunproven, and a merely plausibleargument does not justify readingscripture figuratively MM Moses Maimonides — holds since c. 1190 — tap for who they are Same subject: Interpreting Scripture follows almost the same method as interpreting nature — tap to centre the map on it Interpreting Scripture followsalmost the same method asinterpreting nature BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Bible translators turned a prediction of male rule into a command to men — tap to centre the map on it Bible translators turned aprediction of male rule into acommand to men SG Sarah Grimké — holds since c. 1837–1838 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disbelieving a church ruling on a matter of fact is not heresy, though it may be presumptuous, because on facts that authority is not infallible — tap to centre the map on it Disbelieving a church ruling on amatter of fact is not heresy, thoughit may be presumptuous, because onfacts that authority is notinfallible Last stated 370 years ago 23 Jan 1657 BP Blaise Pascal — holds since 1657-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: The laws of nature need no proclaiming: they are one sentence the whole world approves, do not do to another what you would think unreasonable done to you — tap to centre the map on it The laws of nature need noproclaiming: they are one sentencethe whole world approves, do not doto another what you would thinkunreasonable done to you TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it 'Do not do to others what you wouldnot want done to you' cannot be auniversal law of morality IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: No one can be forced or legislated into blessedness; it needs education and free individual judgment — tap to centre the map on it No one can be forced or legislatedinto blessedness; it needs educationand free individual judgment BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The rule for interpreting Scripture should be the natural reason common to all, not supernatural light or outside authority Last stated c. 1670 Holds Baruch Spinoza Read this korrent →