#eva

Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological movements of their day. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#brought #changes #day #dominant #hands

I hope the story of 2011 is that America gets its mojo back. You've got to remember that America has the best universities; it's got some of the best businesses. It's got an unbelievable work ethic, rule of law. The story of 2011 will be America blossoming again. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#america #back #best #blossoming #businesses

Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have we? We have to deal with love, honour and adultery now - people were the same then, too - that's what's so wonderful and powerful. ↗

— Michelle Dockery

#ago #always #changed #deal #haven

There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life. ↗

— Michael Douglas

#divorce #especially #family #force #his

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#class #conspiracy #degrade #denied #enforced

The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming. ↗

— Kathleen Blanco

#devastation #feared #fears #first #greater

We have witnessed the most extraordinary devastation. The magnitude of the situation is unbelievable. It's just heartbreaking. ↗

— Kathleen Blanco

#extraordinary #heartbreaking #just #magnitude #most

An international race in the relevant technologies is getting under way at this point, not necessarily with an understanding of where that race leads in the long run, but strongly motivated by the short-term payoffs. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#international #leads #long #long run #motivated

I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#alienated #because #been #civilization #completely

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come a long way in a direction that I do not like very much. ↗

— Hans Blix

#council #direction #i #i do #like