“To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great or rational whether in life or in science. Great achievement is assured, however, of subsequent recognition and grateful acceptance by public opinion, which in due course will make it one of its own prejudices” FirstsCoursesOpinionAchieveConditionsAcceptanceAchievementPrejudiceIndependentGratefulDuesRationalRecognitionFormalAssuredPublic OpinionGreat Achievement Book:Hegel's Philosophy of right Source: Hegel's Philosophy of right
“Those men that are so remissly governed that they dare take up arms to defend or introduce an opinion, are still in war, and their condition not peace, but only a cessation of arms for fear of one another, and they live as it were in the precincts of battle continually.” MenStillsWarOpinionConditionsArmsBattleDareIntroducing Book:Leviathan Source: Leviathan
“It is generally admitted that the cultural values (humanization) and the existing institutions and policies of society are rarely,if ever, in harmony. This opinion has found expression in the distinction between culture and civilization, according to which "culture" refers to some higher dimension of human autonomy and fulfillment, while "civilization" designates the realm of necessity, of socially necessary work and behavior, where man is not really himself and in his own element but is subject to heteronomy, to external conditions and needs.” IfsMenNeedsHumansValuesCultureFoundOpinionConditionsSubjectsPolicyExpressionHigherCivilizationBehaviorElementsHarmonyInstitutionsFulfillmentRealmsDimensionsDistinctionAutonomy Author:Herbert Marcuse
“In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress.” WorldSocialOpinionProgressModernConditionsIndispensablePublic OpinionModern WorldSocial Progress Author:Charles William Eliot
“Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war.” Has BeensMadeWarFactsAbleOpinionConditionsArgumentHatredDefenseSuggestionsBegetsPreventive War Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Profound sadness is always the result of an unhealthy condition of the body. ... We [should] say, 'I am sad; everything looks black to me; but external events are in no way responsible. It's my body that insists on reasoning. These are the opinions of my stomach.'” WayShouldLooksBodyBlackResultsOpinionSadnessConditionsEventsResponsibleProfoundReasoningStomachUnhealthyProfound Sadness Author:Emile Chartier
“We [people] love ourselves with conditions. We need opinions, we need approval, we create an image of ourselves that is not what we are. This how we lose our authenticity and create masks - how we become "domesticated."” PeopleNeedsLosesOpinionConditionsAuthenticityMaskApproval Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz