“Only through blind Instinct, in which the only possible guidance of the Imperative is awanting, does the Power in Intuition remain undetermined; where it is schematised as absolute it becomes infinite; and where it is presented in a determinate form, as a principle, it becomes at least manifold. By the above-mentioned act of Intelligising, the Power liberates itself from Instinct, to direct itself towards Unity.” DoeFormPrinciplesDirectAbsolutesInfiniteBlindUnityInstinctIntuitionGuidanceImperativesManifold Author:Johann Gottlieb Fichte
“And when it is suggested that the inward feelings of power or inward monitions or losses of judgement are the germs out of which the divine machinery developed, I return that truth is just the reverse, that the presence of voices which had to be obeyed were the absolute prerequisite to the conscious stage of mind in which it is the self that is responsible and can debate within itself, can order and direct, and that the creation of such a self is the product of culture. In a sense, we have become our own gods.” MindSelfFeelingsOrderCultureVoiceLossStageCreationDivineProductsReturnTruth IsConsciousDirectAbsolutesResponsibleDebateJudgementReverseInwardMachineryGermsPrerequisites Author:Julian Jaynes
“This separation was absolute in our original Republic. But the sky-godders do not give up easily. In the 1950s they actually got the phrase In God We Trust onto the currency, in direct violation of the First Amendment.” GivingFirstsReligionSkyGiving UpDirectAbsolutesOriginalsSeparationPhrasesRepublicAmendmentsCurrencyNot Giving UpViolationFirst AmendmentDo Not Give UpGod We Trust Author:Gore Vidal
“The history of his present majesty, is a history of unremitting injuries and usurpationsall of which have in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world, for the truth of which we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood.” WorldStatesFactsObjectsProveDirectAbsolutesTyrannyInjuryEstablishmentFalsehoodMajestyPledgeCandidKing George Iii Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence
“One reason for the decline in moral values is that the world has invented a new, constantly changing and undependable standard of moral conduct referred to as "situational ethics." Now, individuals define good and evil as being adjustable according to each situation; this is in direct contrast to the proclaimed God-given absolute standard: "Thou shalt not!"-as in "Thou shalt not steal".” WorldReasonValuesEvilIndividualGivenSituationMoralStandardsEthicsDirectAbsolutesStealingGood And EvilContrastDeclineMoral ValuesAbsolutism Author:David B. Haight
“We are in a period called post. In previous periods, anti-Semitism was always direct. Today's anti-Semitism isn't direct. If you say today that the Jews are absolute evil, or Israel is absolute evil, you must say Israeli is committing genocide against the Palestinians. It is very rare to find a Western politician who repeats these things.” IfsTodayEvilPeriodsPoliticianDirectAbsolutesWesternJewIsraelPostsRepeatsGenocidePalestinianIsraeliAnti Semitism Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld
“Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn to another. But if we face a monopolist we are at his absolute mercy. And an authority directing the whole economic system of the country would be the most powerful monopolist conceivable…it would have complete power to decide what we are to be given and on what terms. It would not only decide what commodities and services were to be available and in what quantities; it would be able to direct their distributions between persons to any degree it liked.” IfsPersonsCountryWholeFactsWould BeAbleFacesTurnsChoicesGivenWishTermPowerfulEconomicDegreesAuthorityDirectMercyAbsolutesRefuseAvailableMost PowerfulQuantityCommodityDistributionFreedom Of ChoiceEconomic Systems Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.” MenFeelsCountryStatesGovernmentSupportDirectAbsolutesConvictionProportionContempt Author:Alexis de Tocqueville