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Category Archive: William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “The teacher of history’s work should…”

The teacher of history’s work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being.

October 10, 2021 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “In the domain of cops and…”

In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy.

September 17, 2021 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “Hominid and human evolution took place…”

Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.

August 22, 2021 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “With the emergence of civilization, the…”

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of years to millennia. With the emergence of science as a way of knowing the universe, the rate of change shifted to centuries.

July 20, 2021 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “The more chaos there is, the…”

The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered.

December 5, 2020 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “Unconscious Polities emerge independent of conscious…”

Unconscious Polities emerge independent of conscious purpose.

October 10, 2020 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “If you do not create your…”

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.

March 26, 2020 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “The conscious purpose of science is…”

The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and chaos.

February 18, 2020 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “Catastrophes are often stimulated by the…”

Catastrophes are often stimulated by the failure to feel the emergence of a domain, and so what cannot be felt in the imagination is experienced as embodied sensation in the catastrophe.

January 27, 2020 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson Quote: “A World is not an ideology…”

A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a system of ideologies; rather, it is a structure of unconscious relations and symbiotic processes.

December 9, 2019 1938, American, July 16, Quotes by Philosophers, William Irwin Thompson

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