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Paul Ricoeur Quote: “Ordinary language carries with it conditions…”

Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by classifying the contexts in which the expression is employed in a meaningful manner.

October 28, 2021 1913, February 27, French, Paul Ricoeur, Quotes by Philosophers

Matthew Arnold Quote: “Poetry; a criticism of life under…”

Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.

September 25, 2021 1822, December 24, English, Matthew Arnold, Quotes by Poets

Wilhelm Dilthey Quote: “All science is experiential; but all…”

All science is experiential; but all experience must be related back to and derives its its validity from the conditions and context of consciousness in which it arises, i.e., the totality of our nature.

September 20, 2021 1833, German, November 19, Quotes by Historians, Wilhelm Dilthey

Michel Onfray Quote: “We are fashioned not by our…”

We are fashioned not by our genes, but by our environment – by the family and socio-historic conditions in which we evolve.

September 19, 2021 1959, French, January 1, Michel Onfray, Quotes by Philosophers

Maria Montessori Quote: “Education is a work of self-organization…”

Education is a work of self-organization by which man adapts himself to the conditions of life.

September 18, 2021 1870, August 31, Italian, Maria Montessori, Quotes by Educators

Floyd Skloot Quote: “Fiction about mining has a long…”

Fiction about mining has a long tradition – Emile Zola’s ‘Germinal’ and Upton Sinclair’s ‘King Coal’ come to mind – and most readers will be aware of the industry’s harsh conditions.

September 1, 2021 1947, American, Floyd Skloot, Quotes by Poets

Frederick Jackson Turner Quote: “Each age tries to form its…”

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.

July 20, 2021 1932, American, Frederick Jackson Turner, November 14, Quotes by Historians

Jonathan Zittrain Quote: “Instead of using new technologies to…”

Instead of using new technologies to preserve for ready discovery material that might in the past never have been stored, or deleting everything as soon as possible, we can develop systems that place sensitive information beyond reach until a specified amount of time has passed or other conditions are met.

July 18, 2021 1969, American, December 24, Jonathan Zittrain, Quotes by Educators

Johann Most Quote: “He who negates present society, and…”

He who negates present society, and seeks social conditions based on the sharing of property, is a revolutionary whether he calls himself an anarchist or a communist.

July 3, 2021 1846, February 5, German, Johann Most, Quotes by Revolutionaries

Cornel West Quote: “There is always a very delicate…”

There is always a very delicate interplay between individual actions and institutional conditions. But there is no such thing as institutional conditions without any individual actions and no such thing as individual action without institutional conditions. So there is always personal responsibility.

June 3, 2021 1953, American, Cornel West, June 2, Quotes by Educators

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