Hans Jonas

Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.

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These are some quotes by German author Hans Jonas Philosopher, who lived between May 10, 1903 and February 5, 1993.

Quotes by Hans Jonas

Act so that the effects of your actions are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life.

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It was once religion which told us that we are all sinners because of original sin. It is now the ecology of our planet which pronounces us all to be sinners because of the excessive exploits of human inventiveness.

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Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.

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