“What, to many, passes for thought, is usually a compound of prejudice, desire, and whim.” PrejudiceThought Book:What shall we defend?: Essays and addresses Source: What shall we defend?: Essays and addresses
“The truth is that our enjoyments and our evaluations, like our trades, are learned; intensive knowledge, as well as extensive, is acquired. We learn how to value possessions as well as how to make them; our passions, our disgusts, and our ambitions are learned. Just as we have evolved ways of transmuting physical elements from one to another, so we have evolved ways of transmuting experience into meaning.” HumanityMeaningFormation Author:Denham Sutcliffe