The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.
[These words are also inscribed upon his grave]
Tag: philosophy change struggle action ideology resistance
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.
Upton SinclairTag: understanding evolution darwinism ideology obtuseness
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Nelson MandelaTag: africa trial race ideology
Truth cannot be constructed. To live in ideology is, as Havel so eloquently reminds us, inevitably to live in a lie. Truth can only be revealed. We cannot be creators, only receptors.
James W. SireTag: truth revelation ideology
But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight of the obvious.
Dorothy L. SayersTag: obvious fanatic ideology movements
It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling...
V.S. NaipaulA socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil.
Terry EagletonTag: politics ideology socialism
To err is human, to persist in error is diabolical.
Georges CanguilhemIn the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage, are permissible.
Louis AlthusserTag: science philosophy war ideology althusser
Like Johns, I am one of the little men, not interested in ideologies, tied to a flat Cambridgeshire landscape, a chalk quarry, a line of willows across the featureless fields, a market town--his thoughts scrabbled at the curtain--where he used to dance at the Saturday hops.
Graham GreeneTag: ideology
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