#novelty

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart. ↗

— Richard Adams

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#belief #contingent #forces #heart #human

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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#novelty #originality #sincerity

Where consumption is both conspicuous and competitive, humanity will never run out of new wishes. All the while, industry creates new desires that are marketed, in the great fashion paradox, as both novelty and need. ↗

— James Buchan

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#competitive #conspicuous #consumption #creates #desires