The thoughts of Plato and Machiavelli... don't seem quite enough armor for a world beset with splitting the atoms, urban guerrillas, nineteen varieties of psychotherapists, amplified guitars, napalm, computers, astronauts, and an atmosphere polluted simultaneously with auto exhaust and TV commercials.
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Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that read more
Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that a special warning strip of land around the edge of a baseball field lets a player know that he is about to run into a concrete wall when he is preoccupied with catching the ball. The wider that strip of land and the more sensitive the player is to the changing composition of the ground under his feet as he pursues the ball, the more effective the warning. Romanticizing or lionizing as "individualistic" those people who disregard social cues and inducements increases the danger of head-on collisions with inherent social limits. Decrying various forms of social disapproval is in effect narrowing the warning strip.
Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.
Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely read more
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Only God helps the badly dressed.
Only God helps the badly dressed.
Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.
Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.
Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word.
One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word.
