![How have people come to be taken in by The Phenomenon of Man? We must not underestimate the size of the market for works of this kind [pseudoscience/'woo'], for philosophy-fiction. Just as compulsory primary education created a market catered for by cheap dailies and weeklies, so the spread of secondary and latterly tertiary education has created a large population of people, often with well-developed literary and scholarly tastes, who have been educated far beyond their capacity to undertake analytical thought.](/assets/img/quote-photos/how-have-people-come-to-be-taken-in-by-the-phenomenon-of-man-we-must-not-underes.jpg)
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philosophy responsibility excuse
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility. Barbara Jordan
philosophy heart men
So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts. Barbara Kingsolver
philosophy views religion
Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety. Baruch Spinoza
philosophy found knows
I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.
philosophy history pageant
History is a pageant and not a philosophy. Augustine Birrell
philosophy practice style
Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage. Ayelet Waldman
philosophy men needs
The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power. Ayn Rand
philosophy responsibility men
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
philosophy facts recognition
Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.
taken men decision
Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess. Brandon Sanderson
taken body figures
Recently I have taken to isolating limbs, the torso. Why am I blamed for it? Why is the head allowed and not portions of the body? Every part of the human figure is expressive. Auguste Rodin
taken writing thinking
I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers. Augusten Burroughs
taken technology reality
I embrace technology and I just think that in 1984 when James Cameron wrote about the technology, everyone thought he was totally way out there and it was science fiction. Now it's almost reality what he talked about. The machines have taken over, except they have not become self-aware, like in Terminator. So this is really one thing that we have to watch out for, but I think technology is good. Arnold Schwarzenegger
taken evil long
Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is evil. Thus the beneficiary of an action is the only criterion of moral value - and so long as that beneficiary is anybody other than oneself, anything goes.
taken thinking air
I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in the space race before Whispering Smith ever got on the air. Audie Murphy
taken justice decision
Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom. Benjamin Cardozo
taken shows gamble
I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles. Cameron Mackintosh
taken mind belief
They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out. C. S. Lewis
science views scientific-method
Induction for deduction, with a view to construction. Auguste Comte
science reality technology
Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky. Arthur Koestler
science mathematical-logic ideas
All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. Bertrand Russell
science giving development
Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.
science wants
Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is. Octavia E. Butler
science supposing-that forever
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new. Calvin Coolidge
science ideas errors
People see the wrongness in an idea much quicker that the rightness. Charles Kettering
science firsts honest
Every honest researcher I know admits he's just a professional amateur. He's doing whatever he's doing for the first time. That makes him an amateur. He has sense enough to know that he's going to have a lot of trouble, so that makes him a professional.
science would-be mould
If every one were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty. Charles Darwin