“The old and oft-repeated proposition "Totum est majus sua parte" [the whole is larger than the part] may be applied without proof only in the case of entities that are based upon whole and part; then and only then is it an undeniable consequence of the concepts "totum" and "pars". Unfortunately, however, this "axiom" is used innumerably often without any basis and in neglect of the necessary distinction between "reality" and "quantity", on the one hand, and "number" and "set", on the other, precisely in the sense in which it is generally false.” MayWholeHandsRealityUsedNumbersCasesConceptsConsequenceBasesProofDistinctionNeglectQuantityEntityPropositionsAxioms Author:Georg Cantor
“(...) contemporary art has become a kind of alternative religion for atheists. (...) For many art world insiders and art aficionados of other kinds, concept-driven art is a kind of existencial channel through which they bring meaning to their lives. It demands leaps of faith, but it rewards the believer with a sense of consequence. Moreover, just as churches and other ritualistic meeting places serve a social function, so art events generate a sense of community around shared interests” WorldKindArtSocialInterestCommunityChurchEventsDemandArt IsConceptsConsequenceFunctionMeetingsRewardsAtheistDrivenBelieverContemporaryAlternativesLeapArt WorldLeap Of FaithInsidersContemporary Art Author:Sarah Thornton
“Human rights are an aspect of natural law, a consequence of the way the universe works, as solid and as real as photons or the concept of pi. The idea of self- ownership is the equivalent of Pythagoras' theorem, of evolution by natural selection, of general relativity, and of quantum theory. Before humankind discovered any of these, it suffered, to varying degrees, in misery and ignorance.” WayHumansIdeasRealSelfLawUniverseNaturalRightsIgnoranceTheoryEvolutionDegreesConceptsConsequenceAspectMiseryHuman RightsHumankindQuantumOwnershipSelectionRelativityNatural SelectionNatural LawTheoremsQuantum TheoryPhotonsGeneral RelativitySelf Ownership Author:L. Neil Smith
“All our thoughts and concepts are called up by sense-experiences and have a meaning only in reference to these sense-experiences. On the other hand, however, they are products of the spontaneous activity of our minds; they are thus in no wise logical consequences of the contents of these sense-experiences. If, therefore, we wish to grasp the essence of a complex of abstract notions we must for the one part investigate the mutual relationships between the concepts and the assertions made about them; for the other, we must investigate how they are related to the experiences.” IfsMindArtMadeWisdomHandsHopeWishKnowledgeWiseProductsActivityConceptsConsequenceEssenceExperienceComplexesNotionRelatedAbstractLogicalMutualOur ThoughtsSpontaneousAssertion Author:Albert Einstein
“The modern concept of separation is an argument for a total separation of religion from the state. The consequence of the acceptance of the doctrine leads to the removal of religion as an influence in civil government.” StatesGovernmentChristianReligiousInfluenceModernAcceptanceConceptsConsequenceArgumentSeparationDoctrineRemoval Author:Francis Schaeffer
“In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected so as to afford continuous protection against old, as well as new, devices and practices which might thwart those purposes. I fear to see the consequences of the Court's practice of substituting its own concepts of decency and fundamental justice for the language of the Bill of Rights as its point of departure in interpreting and enforcing that Bill of Rights.” PeopleWellsLongMightLawPurposeLanguageNationsLosesJusticeLibertyPracticeRightsJudgmentConceptsConsequenceConstitutionFundamentalsBillsCourtProtectionDevicesDecencyDepartureBill Of RightsInterpreting Author:Hugo Black
“The destruction of the environment, its improper or selfish use, and the violent hoarding of the Earth's resources cause grievances, conflicts and wars, precisely because they are the consequences of an inhumane concept of development.” WarUseEarthCausesEnvironmentDevelopmentConflictConceptsConsequenceResourcesDestructionEnvironmentalSelfishViolentSustainabilityGrievanceHoardingInhumane Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“There is consequence of our forgetting who we are. Forgetting that we're able to create our environment, from our health to economy to war. Something can be done about everything we perceive as bad, if we so choose. If we are aware of the concept of compassion.” IfsWarDoneAbleForgetCompassionEconomyEnvironmentConceptsConsequencePerceiveWho We AreOur Environment Author:Alanis Morissette
“The Indian government has managed to turn the concept of nonviolence on its head. Nonviolent resistance and nonviolent governance. Unlike, say, China or Turkey or Indonesia, India doesn't mow down its people. It doesn't kill people who are refusing to move. It just waits it out. It continues to do what it has to do and ignores the consequences.” PeopleGovernmentMovingTurnsWaitingConceptsConsequenceIndiaChinaResistanceIndianNonviolenceTurkeysGovernanceIndonesiaNonviolent Resistance Author:Arundhati Roy
“Intelligence is an extremely subtle concept. It's a kind of understanding that flourishes if it's combined with a good memory, but exists anyway even in the absence of good memory. It's the ability to draw consequences from causes, to make correct inferences, to foresee what might be the result, to work out logical problems, to be reasonable, rational, to have the ability to understand the solution from perhaps insufficient information. You know when a person is intelligent, but you can be easily fooled if you are not yourself intelligent.” IfsKnowsKindPersonsProblemMightScienceCausesUnderstandingMemoriesAbilityResultsInformationSolutionsDrawsConceptsConsequenceIntelligentWork OutAbsenceRationalReasonableSubtleLogicalFooledGood MemoriesInsufficientInference Author:Isaac Asimov