#the history of

The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

#essential #everything #great #history #philosophers

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#better #dreams #future #i #like

The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that science would cease, but rather that scientists would have to acknowledge the existence of something important which is outside the boundaries of natural science. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#allowing #boundaries #cease #existence #god

East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century. ↗

— William Kirby

#century #east #east asia #end #first

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#development #fixed #history #pass #series

In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#history #long #movement #reaching #terms

There are more people living in freedom today than at any other time in the history of the human race. ↗

— Mike Rounds

#freedom #history #human #human race #living

There comes a time in the history of nations when their peoples must become fully reconciled to their past if they are to go forward with confidence to embrace their future. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#comes #confidence #embrace #forward #fully

In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles. ↗

— Abdus Salam

#cycles #gone #history #like #respect

Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#because #between #bond #children #every