A fall from such a height is rarely straight downwards.
Victor HugoTags: depths falls hunchback-of-notre-dame claude-frollo descent
He'd been let down so often
His brow was on the floor
But then they found
A small hole in the ground
And let him down some more
Tags: poetry david-thewlis descent
To think but nobly of my grandmother: Good wombs have borne bad sons.
William ShakespeareTags: character mothers sons heritage the-tempest descent
Checking a box on a form for race—"Caucasian," "Hispanic," "African-American," "Native American," or "Asian-American"—is untenable and ridiculous. For one thing, "American" is not a race, so labels such as "Asian-American" and "African-American" are still exhibits of our confusion of culture and race. For another thing, how far back does one go in history? Native Americans are really Asians, if you go back more than twenty or thirty thousand years to before they crossed the Bering land bridge between Asia and America. And Asians, several hundred thousand years ago probably came out of Africa, so we should really replace "Native American" with "African-Asian-Native American." Finally, if the Out of Africa (single racial origin) theory holds true, then all modern humans are from Africa. (Cavalli-Sforza now thinks this may have been as recently as seventy thousand years ago.) Even if that theory gives way to the Candelabra (multiple racial origins) theory, ultimately all hominids came from Africa, and therefore everyone in America should simply check the box next to "African-American.
Michael ShermerTags: race americans races descent human-history
Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity depends on actual people journeying into the unknown and returning with ideas.
Dan HarmonTags: society journey health ideas community ego individual unknown journeys longevity unconscious return descent journeying
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