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“Greed often finds more pleasure in taking from others than in giving to itself.”

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Simon May, born on August 15, 1944, is a renowned musician whose career is characterized by exploration and innovation. He is known for his unique musical style and profound understanding of music. more

“Maybe the growth of "God" signifies the existence of God. That is: if history naturally pushes people toward moral improvement, toward moral growth, and their God, as they conceive their God, grows accordingly, becoming morally richer, then maybe this growth is evidence of some higher purpose, and maybe - conceivably - the source of that purpose is worthy of the name divinity.”

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Book:The Evolution Of God: The origins of our beliefs

Source: The Evolution Of God: The origins of our beliefs

“Recognition of the modes of existence of technical objects must be the result of philosophic consideration; what philosophy has to achieve in this respect is analogous to what the abolition of slavery achieved in affirming the worth of the individual human being.”

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Author:Gilbert Simondon

“Millions of people toil in the shadow of the law we make, and much of their livelihood is made possible by the existence of intellectual property rights.”

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Author:Alex Kozinski

“For better or worse, we are the Court of Appeals for the Hollywood Circuit. Millions of people toil in the shadow of the law we make, and much of their livelihood is made possible by the existence of intellectual property rights. But much of their livelihood - and much of the vibrancy of our culture - also depends on the existence of other intangible rights: The right to draw ideas from a rich and varied public domain, and the right to mock, for profit as well as fun, the cultural icons of our time.”

“In a very real sense, the Constitution is our compact with history . . . [but] the Constitution can maintain that compact and serve as the lodestar of our political system only if its terms are binding on us. To the extent we depart from the document's language and rely instead on generalities that we see written between the lines, we rob the Constitution of its binding force and give free reign to the fashions and passions of the day.”

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Author:Alex Kozinski

“This is really a pretty good system you have here. What do you call it? "Due process". We're very proud of it.”

Process Proud Dues Due Process

Author:Alex Kozinski

“The majority falls prey to the delusion–popular in some circles–that ordinary people are too careless and stupid to own guns, and we would be far better off leaving all weapons in the hands of professionals on the government payroll. But the simple truth–born of experience–is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people.”

“Appellate review is not a magic wand and we undermine public confidence in the judicial process when we make it look like it is.”

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Author:Alex Kozinski

“To a society that inarticulately and thoughtlessly takes itself to be divine, Hegel says, Yes, we are indeed divine, and philosophy can show how this is both possible and necessary.”

Philosophy Shows Divine Hegel

Book:Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason and Society

Source: Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason and Society

“In a revolutionary age talk of equality may well have represented a passion to provide full human dignity to those who had previously been denied it by systems of political and economic domination; but in the present age it softens the spiritual requirements that are an essential ingredient in human dignity. Thus the slogans of equality serve not so much to elevate individuals to the dignity of being human as to free them from the responsibility of rising to this vocation.”

Source: Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason and Society

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