"It is actually a nice question how far Descartes himself endorses the monological and metaphysically dualistic theory of mind associated with his name and his legacy in early modern philosophy. But Fichte does reject this tradition, by suggesting that an immaterial thinking substance is an incoherent notion, and a rational being whose rationality was not developed through communication with others is a transcendental impossibility."

-- Allen W. Wood

#Nice Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #Communication Quotes

“May your life preach more loudly than your lips.”

Source : William Ellery Channing, George Channing (1849). “(398 p.)”, p.101
“If nothing has helped you decide, go ask a child. Children know what they need, and more surprisingly, the know what we need. Adults think. Kids respond with their feelings. They don't think about what you will think of their answer, so they just speak the truth-if you can get to them before junior high school age. At that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.”
“Little world, full of little people shouting for recognition, screaming for love, Rolling world, teeming with millions, carousel of the hungry, Is there food enough? Wheat and corn will not do. The fat are the hungriest of all, the skinny the most silent.”
“Suicide is an extreme vote of no confidence in a society that doesn't work.”

Source : Sharif M. Abdullah (1999). “Creating a World That Works for All”, p.63, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“And you would have lost. We were surrounded. He threatened your life, and he would have made good on that threat. He had you, and that meant he had me, too.”
“There is no society for the prevention of cruelty to women.”

Source : Voltairine de Cleyre (2012). “Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius”, p.233, SUNY Press
“The roughest part of that lifestyle is the travel and early mornings.”
“Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.”

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