Lecture 1
Lectures on Education (1855)
Source: The Political Economy Of Growth (1957), Chapter Eight, The Steep Ascent, p. 299
“Education is infinite. You must constantly seek additional knowledge to keep it up-to-date.”
Source: "Speech while conferring degree certificates to the graduating students of Chulalongkorn University" http://www.memohall.chula.ac.th/article/%E0%B8%81/ (13 April 1946)
“Every day, we are assassinating nearly 16,000 additional victims.”
Philipp von Boeselager, Daily Telegraph book review of Valkyrie: the Plot to Kill Hitler by Philipp von Boeselager http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/4527748/Valkyrie-the-Plot-to-Kill-Hitler-by-Philipp-von-Boeselager---review.html , February 5, 2008.
Her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments, her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly. She is all softness and sweetness, peace, love, wit, and delight. She is every way suitable to the sublimest wish, and the man that has such a one to his portion, has nothing to do but to rejoice in her, and be thankful.
The Education of Women (1719)
Source: The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (1977), p.7
Source: American Constitutional Law (1978), Approaches to Constituitonal Analysis
the necessary and sufficient conditions for rational knowledge
Source: Great Islamic Encyclopedia website, 2016 https://www.cgie.org.ir/fa/news/154958
Introduction, p. xxv
The Age of Fallibility (2006)
Context: We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity. I go into some detail as to what that entails.
Mankind’s power over nature has increased cumulatively while its ability to govern itself has not kept pace. There is no other country that can take the place of the United States in the foreseeable future. If the United States fails to provide the right kind of leadership our civilization may destroy itself. That is the unpleasant reality that confronts us.
“Almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon.”
Source: Shades of Grey
“Thinkers are not a welcome addition to most social situations.”
quoted from an interview with Terence McKenna in How to be Idle http://books.google.com/books?id=Xez95zjujlsC by Tom Hodgkinson
