philosophy

"The idea that art copies nature is a fatal misconception. Art has always operated against nature and for reason."

"The integral approach is committed to the full spectrum of consciousness as it manifests in all its extraordinary diversity. This allows the integral approach to recognize and honor the Great Holarchy…"

"The question of perpetual copyright is, in my judgement, entitled to the full and favorable consideration of the Congress of an enlightened republic. There would seem to be every reason for the equita…"

"I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist."

"Einstein's theory was that everything about the laws of the universe and nature was relative. What you observe about something depends greatly upon your frame of reference at the time. That's why I ca…"

"It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has sent to the west, such gifts as grammar and logic, philosophy and fables, hypnotism and chess, and above all numerals and the decimal system…"

"I can easily conceive that you see no reason for so much punctiliousness, but people act from their own conviction and their own feelings, and for my part I shall very readily confess that I had much …"

"I think that the best judges are the ones that seek to apply precedent in good faith. I think most judges do that. But that is something that has to be done in good faith without skewing the precedent…"

"The word ‘violence’ is being systematically remade to conform to their worldview. Looting and arson aren’t violence, they argue. And yet physical violence directed at their opponents is also not viole…"

"Not one word is said here of acausality, wave mechanics, indeterminacy relations, complementarity, … etc. Why doesn’t he talk about what he knows instead of trespassing on the professional philosopher…"

"Human beings are constantly inventing new ways of maltreating one other. C'est la vie."

"Being forced into early retirement can be to a man what being "given up for a younger woman" is for a woman."

"Gravity is not an option in string theory. It is a logical consequence of it!"

"People will tie in with a fanatic if for no other reason than to break the monotony of their lives."

"In particular, and most importantly, this is the reason why the scientific worldview contains of itself no ethical values, no esthetical values, not a word about our own ultimate scope or destination,…"

"She came from the shower wrapped in a towel and she sat on the bed and took his hand and looked down at him. I cannot do what you ask, she said. I love you. But I cannot. He saw very clearly how all h…"

"Fundamental to our constitution is the supremacy of the Queen in Parliament and that our laws should be enacted by Parliament, by its authority in regulations, or indeed by judges in declaring the com…"

"DARPA was created in 1958, shortly after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite to reach space, sparking a national crisis in the United States. Concern that the Russians had …"

"Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process."

"No less incommensurable with the working-world than the philosophical question is the sound of true poetry. The lover, too, stands outside the tight chain of efficiency of this working world, and whoe…"