“Politics of all sorts, I confess, are far beyond my limited powers of comprehension. Those of this country as far as I have been able to observe, resolve themselves into two great motives. The aristocratic desire of elevation and separation, and the democratic desire of demolishing and levelling.” Has BeensTwoCountryAbleDesireDemocraticSeparationMotiveResolveComprehensionElevationAristocratic Book:Journal of a Residence in America Source: Journal of a Residence in America
“When Catullus expresses his love and hate for Lesbia, he is not obviously voicing a wish to rid himself of one or the other of these two sentiments. Not all contradictions resolve into temporal change of belief or desire.” TwoDesireHateBeliefWishContradictionResolveSentimentsHis LoveLove And Hate Book:Philosophy and Real Politics Source: Philosophy and Real Politics
“As one who knows many things, the humanist loves the world precisely because of its manifold nature and the opposing forces in itdo not frighten him. Nothing is further from him than the desire to resolve such conflictsand this is precisely the mark of the humanist spirit: not to evaluate contrasts as hostility but to seek human unity, that superior unity, for all that appears irreconcilable.” KnowsWorldHumansSpiritDesireForceMarkUnityToleranceSuperiorsResolveHumanistContrastHostilityEvaluateOpposingManifold Author:Stefan Zweig