George W. S. Trow (1943–2006) American writer
Within the Context of No Context (1980)
Source: Leadership and the New Science (1992), p. 144
George W. S. Trow (1943–2006) American writer
Within the Context of No Context (1980)
“An idea is always abhorred when taken out of its historical context”
Ali Al-Wardi (1913–1995) Iraqi sociologist
David Graeber (1961) American anthropologist and anarchist
Source: Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), Chapter Seven, "Honor and Degradation", p. 168
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199709291631.JAA08648@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“The context of love is the world.”
Wendell Berry (1934) author
"The Responsibility of the Poet".
What Are People For? (1990)
Context: Professional standards, the standards of ambition and selfishness, are always sliding downward toward expense, ostentation, and mediocrity. They tend always to narrow the ground of judgment. But amateur standards, the standards of love, are always straining upward toward the humble and the best. They enlarge the ground of judgment. The context of love is the world.