Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001) American linguist
Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VII Further Observations on Homer
Dissertation for doctor of philosophy in christian education (May 25, 1991)
Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001) American linguist
Source: The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962]), Ch.VII Further Observations on Homer
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
Speech: “Navy and Total Defense Day Address” (Oct. 27, 1941), Roosevelt, D. Franklin, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (1941) vol. 10, p. 440
1940s
Context: Your Government has in its possession another document, made in Germany by Hitler’s Government… It is a plan to abolish all existing religions — Catholic, Protestant, Mohammedan, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jewish alike. The property of all churches will be seized by the Reich and its puppets. The cross and all other symbols of religion are to be forbidden. The clergy are to be forever liquidated, silenced under penalty of the concentration camps, where even now so many fearless men are being tortured because they have placed God above Hitler.
Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement
Source: Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic (2000), p. 19
“Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
Maxim 715, trans. Stopp
Maxims and Reflections (1833)
“Nothing is more necessary or stronger in us than rebellion.”
Georges Bataille (1897–1962) French intellectual and literary figure
Source: The Unfinished System of Nonknowledge
Willoughby Sharp (1936–2008) American artist
Willoughby Sharp, "Luminism and Kineticism," in: Minimal Art.- A Critical Anthology, Gregory Battcock, ed. (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968), p. 358
“Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.”
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director
The Singer, in The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1944), Prologue
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920) Indian independence activist
Tilak, reproduced in V.D. Savarkar: Hindutva, and quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2002). Who is a Hindu?: Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other offshoots of Hinduism. ISBN 978-8185990743