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“And thus, in full, there are four classes: the men who feel nothing, and therefore see truly; the men who feel strongly, think weakly, and see untruly (second order of poets); the men who feel strongly, think strongly, and see truly (first order of poets); and the men who, strong as human creatures can be, are yet submitted to influences stronger than they, and see in a sort untruly, because what they see is inconceivably above them. This last is the usual condition of prophetic inspiration.”

Thinking Men Feels Firsts Humans Inspiration Lasts Order Strong Class Four Influence Conditions He Man Poet Creatures Stronger Usual Prophetic

Book:The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings

Source: The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings

“The influence of woman is the same everywhere. Her condition influences the morals, manners, and character of the people of all countries. Where she is debased, society is debased; where she is morally pure and enlightened, society will be proportionately elevated.”

People Country Character Women Moral Influence Conditions Pure Manners Enlightened Enlightened Society

Book:Character

Source: Character

“I do not regard the rise of woman as a bad sign. Rather do I fancy that her traditional subordination was itself an artificial and undesirable condition based on Oriental influences. Our virile Teutonic ancestors did not think their wives unworthy to follow them into battle, or scorn to dream of winged Valkyries bearing them to Valhalla.”

Thinking Dream Women Wife Influence Conditions Battle Regard Traditional Fancy Ancestor Artificial Scorn Unworthy Undesirable Subordination Valhalla

Book:Selected Letters 1934-1937

Source: Selected Letters 1934-1937

“We should not value education as a means to prosperity, but prosperity as a means to education. Only then will our priorities be right. For education, unlike prosperity is an end in itself. .. power and influence come through the acquisition of useless knowledge. . . irrelevant subjects bring understanding of the human condition, by forcing the student to stand back from it.”

“The assumption that everything past is preserved holds good even in mental life only on condition that the organ of the mind has remained intact and that its tissues have not been damaged by trauma or inflammation. But destructive influences which can be compared to causes of illness like these are never lacking in the history of a city, even if it has had a less chequered past than Rome, and even if, like London, it has hardly ever suffered from the visitations of an enemy.”

Ifs Mind Past Causes Cities Enemy Influence Conditions Illness Trauma London Assumption Destructive Rome Organs Lacking Tissues Visitation

Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

“The silence of those in positions of influence in the church who know, or have a strong suspicion, that being gay is a nonpathological minority variant in the human condition drives me crazy, far crazier than I am driven by any loud-mouthed purveyor of hateful nonsense.”

Knows Humans Strong Church Silence Crazy Influence Conditions Position Gay Driven Loud Nonsense Minorities Human Condition Suspicion Hateful Being Gay Drive Me Crazy

Author:James Alison