Category: philosopher
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
Noam Chomsky
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.
Thomas Aquinas
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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Confucius
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Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
Thomas Aquinas
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Maimonides
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The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.
Noam Chomsky
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Philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
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I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can’t explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
Noam Chomsky
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There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
Noam Chomsky