“It is far more rational to suppose that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the legislature, in order, among other things, to keep the latter within the limits assigned to their authority.” PeopleBodyOrderLimitsAuthorityCourtRationalLatterLegislature Book:The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution Source: The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution
“There is needed, no doubt, a body of servants (ministerium) of the invisible church, but not officials (officiales), in other words, teachers but not dignitaries, because in the rational religion of every individual there does not yet exist a church as a universal union (omnitudo collectiva).” DoeBodyIndividualChurchDoubtTeacherNeededUniversalUnionsInvisibleRationalServantOfficialsNo Doubt Author:Immanuel Kant
“It is the fertile hallucination that makes paint so compelling. Paint is like the numerologist's numbers, always counting but never adding up, always speaking but never saying anything rational, always playing at being abstract but never leaving the clotted body.” PlayBodyNumbersPaintLeavingRationalAbstractCompellingCountingFertileHallucinations Book:What Painting Is Source: What Painting Is
“To stand on the firing parapet and expose yourself to danger; to stand and fight a thousand miles from home when you're all alone and outnumbered and probably beaten; to spit on your hands and lower the pike; to stand fast over the body of Leonidas the King; to be rear guard at Kunu-Ri; to stand and be still to the Birkenhead Drill; these are not rational acts. They are often merely necessary.” StillsHomeBodyHandsFightingDangerKingsThousandMilesRationalBeatenSpitAll AloneDrillsFiringThousand Miles Author:Jerry Pournelle
“Margaret Miles offers a stunning treatment of human experience, coaxing humans to leave dualisms behind and embrace our intelligent bodies. In a foundational text, she draws on the arts, philosophy and theology, and her experience as a hospice volunteer to explore concrete alternatives to privileging the rational mind. Her erudition, wisdom, and graceful writing are compelling proof of the intelligent body.” WritingMindHumansArtPhilosophyBodyBehindsOffersDrawsIntelligentEmbraceProofMilesTheologyRationalAlternativesTreatmentConcreteCompellingVolunteerHuman ExperienceStunningDualismEruditionHospice Author:Mary E. Hunt