“The contingency of history (both for life in general and for the cultures of Homo sapiens ) and human free will (in the factual rather than theological sense) are conjoined concepts, and no better evidence can be produced than the "experimental" production of markedly different solutions in identical environments.” HumansDifferentCultureEnvironmentSolutionsConceptsEvidenceProductionsFree WillIdenticalTheologicalHomo SapiensFactualContingency Book:Eight little piggies: reflections in natural history Source: Eight little piggies: reflections in natural history
“Pragmatism , in trying to turn experimental physics into a prototype of all science and to model all spheres of intellectual life after the techniques of the laboratory, is the counterpart of modern industrialism, for which the factory is the prototype of human existence, and which models all branches of culture after production on the conveyor belt.” TryingHumansTurnsCultureExistenceModernIntellectualModelsProductionsTechniquePhysicsBranchesSpheresFactoriesBeltsLaboratoryHuman ExistencePragmatismCounterpartsPrototypeIntellectual Life Book:EPZ Eclipse of Reason Source: EPZ Eclipse of Reason
“A wellborn mind that is practiced in dealing with people makes itself thoroughly agreeable by itself. Art is nothing else but thelist and record of the productions of such minds.” PeopleMindArtCultureRecordsBehaviorArt IsProductionsDealing With People Author:Michel de Montaigne
“This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production of the philosopher, of the artist, and of the saint within us and outside us, and thereby to work at the consummation of nature.” IdeasArtistCultureTasksPhilosophicalFundamentalsSaintPhilosopherProductions Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The problem of culture is seldom grasped correctly. The goal of a culture is not the greatest possible happiness of a people, noris it the unhindered development of all their talents; instead, culture shows itself in the correct proportion of these developments. Its aim points beyond earthly happiness: the production of great works is the aim of culture.” PeopleShowsProblemCultureGoalTalentDevelopmentAimProductionsProportionGreat Work Author:Friedrich Nietzsche