"Man need not be degraded to a machine by being denied to be a ghost in a machine. He might, after all, be a sort of animal, namely, a higher mammal. There has yet to be ventured the hazardous leap to the hypothesis that perhaps he is a man."

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Source : Gilbert Ryle (2015). “The Concept of Mind”, p.340, Lulu Press, Inc

Gilbert Ryle

#Animal Quotes #Men Quotes #Mammals Quotes

“Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; Faith and Hope triumphant say Christ will rise on Easter Day.”
“As you read or listen to God's Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh.”
“She felt as she often did in class when she was nearly sure she had the right answer, but could not always make herself raise her hand.”
“Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.”
“Unrequited love is always a great thing.”
“To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.”
“There is nobody I know by name who is concerned with collecting information for the Russian authorities. There are people whom I know by sight whom I trusted with my life.”
“The lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science.”

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