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“It was precisely this notion of infinite series which in the sixth century BC led the Greek philosopher Zeno to conclude that since an arrow shot towards a target first had to cover half the distance, and then half the remainder, and then half the remainder after that, and so on ad infinitum, the result was, as I will now demonstrate, that though an arrow is always approaching its target, it never quite gets there, and Saint Sebastian died of fright.”

Firsts Results Half Century Shots Died Infinite Distance Series Notion Saint Philosopher Greek Target Ads Never Quit Arrows Fright Greek Philosopher

Book:Jumpers

Source: Jumpers

“The intertwining of corporations and government has become so extensive in this century that the notion of a democratic balancing act has become a dangerous illusion-and one of the cornerstones of the corporate mystique.”

Government Century Dangerous Illusion Democratic Notion Corporate Corporations Cornerstones Mystique Balancing Act

Book:Corporation Nation: How Corporations are Taking Over Our Lives -- and What We Can Do About It

Source: Corporation Nation: How Corporations are Taking Over Our Lives -- and What We Can Do About It

“As Western nations became more prosperous, leisure, which had been put off for several centuries in favor of the pursuit of property, the means to leisure, finally began to be of primary concern. But, in the meantime, any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared.”

Men Wells Mean Nations Century Serious Taste Capacity Concern Property Western Notion Favors Pursuit Primaries Leisure Prosperous Serious Life

Author:Allan Bloom

“I know historians aren't supposed to fall in love with their own theories, but I was head over heels about the notion of an entire band of female French agents, like a nineteenth-century Charlie's Angels. Only better. It made the Pink Carnation's organization look positively humdrum.”

Source: The Deception of the Emerald Ring

“...the century's most radical vice... the notion that human beings can be shoveled around like concrete.”

Humans Political Human Beings Century Notion Vices Radical Concrete

Book:Modern times: the world from the twenties to the nineties

Source: Modern times: the world from the twenties to the nineties

“I believe that in the course of the next century the notion that it's a woman's duty to have children will change and make way for the respect and admiration of all women, who bear their burdens without complaint or a lot of pompous words!”

Way Believe Children Courses Next I Believe Century Duty Bears Notion Burden Admiration Complaints Pompous

Book:The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

Source: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

“I did a lot of work with early 20th century attitudes, the kind of superficial notions and behavior that prompt people who don't know history very well to think that "people were different back then" - but beneath all that are characters who react in ways that we can all recognize, and will always be able to recognize.”

People Thinking Knows Way Wells Kind Different Character Able Attitude Century Behavior Notion Superficial 20th Century Prompts

Author:James Vance