Monday, November 29, 2004
“Tyranny comes from no other form of government but democracy.”
- Plato (c. 429 – 347 BC), Greek philosopher: “Republic”
“There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.”
- A. N. Whitehead (1861 – 1947), English mathematician and philosopher: “Dialogues”, 1954.
“Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.”
- Hannah Arendt (1906 – 1975), German-born American theorist: in Auden “A Certain World”, 1970.
“Inferiors agitate in order that they may be equal and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates party strife.”
- Aristotle (384 –322 BC), Greek philosopher: “Politics”
- Plato (c. 429 – 347 BC), Greek philosopher: “Republic”
“There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.”
- A. N. Whitehead (1861 – 1947), English mathematician and philosopher: “Dialogues”, 1954.
“Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.”
- Hannah Arendt (1906 – 1975), German-born American theorist: in Auden “A Certain World”, 1970.
“Inferiors agitate in order that they may be equal and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates party strife.”
- Aristotle (384 –322 BC), Greek philosopher: “Politics”
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