#distinctions

I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#assimilate #concepts #cosmology #creation #different

A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ↗

— Thomas Reid

#corrected #distinction #distinctions #doubt #entitled

Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality. ↗

— Harlan Stone

#because #between #citizens #distinctions #doctrine

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#among #because #collective #creates #democratic

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#beauty #distinctions #entry #find #front

The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur. ↗

— William Bartram

#attention #climates #different #distinctions #explore

Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well. ↗

— Iris Chang

#class #class distinctions #country #course #distinctions

Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#distinctions #level #matter #only #own

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

#arbitrary #clinical #distinctions #illegal #legal

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#drawn #equivalent #mind #necessarily #reality