"The dogma of the Ghost in the Machine ... maintains that there exist both bodies and minds; that there occur physical processes and mental processes; that there are mechanical causes of corporeal movements and mental causes of corporeal movements."

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Source : The Concept of Mind ch. 1 (1949)

Gilbert Ryle

#Mind Quotes #Machines Quotes #Movement Quotes

“But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how they got to where they are instead of being a slave to exactly what the previous actor did.”
“All of us have to do a better job of teaching young people not to let themselves be defined by the words other people use against them.”
“We project our ideas about ourselves into the heavens and call them ideas about God.”

Source : Richard Curtis (2007). “What Is Religion?”, p.42, Lulu.com
“So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart.”
“Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve Jobs who cared more for his vision than being tactical and financial.”
“Privilege, if you're very strict, is an immoral and unjust thing to have, but if you've got it you didn't choose to get it and you might as well use it. You're privileged to be at Yale, but you know you're under an obligation to repay what's been put into you.”
“It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.”
“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”

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