Robert C. Solomon
Robert C. Solomon
Robert C. Solomonwas an American professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth14 September 1942
CountryUnited States of America
kitsch may said
High kitsch, whatever else may be said of it, cannot be openly dismissed as cheap.
brain machines computer
The brain can be seen as a complex machine, like a gooey computer.
romantic-love world language
Love can be understood only "from the inside," as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it, as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it.
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Trust is built step by step, commitment by commitment, on every level.
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Thus when I have to summarize naturalized spirituality in a single phrase, it is this: the thoughtful love of life.
europe dollars hegemony
There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all.
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The United States as usual has a sizable deficit in the current account of its balance of payments, trade account and other current accounts, current account items.
country balance today
Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today in movements of reserves among countries.
balance currency payment
So if the euro, if Euroland is to become a reserve center, if the euro is to become a reserve currency, Euroland will have to have a deficit in its overall balance of payments.
europe differences important
On private transactions, I'll just go very quickly now, a major difference between the United States and Euroland is that in Europe banks are much more important in financial transactions than in the United States.
europe united-states security
In the United States, securities markets are much more developed than they are in Europe.
dollars movement chance
Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.
american-educator capital financed flow private today
Today we have so much more flow of private capital that most international imbalances are financed that way, by private capital movements.
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To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar as their major reserve.