“Social science and humanities ... have a mutual contempt for one another, the former looking down on the latter as unscientific, the latter regarding the former as philistine. ... The difference comes down to the fact that social science really wants to be predictive, meaning that man is predictable, while the humanities say that he is not.” MenWantFactsHumanitySocialDifferencesFormerLatterMutualContemptPredictableSocial ScienceLooking DownPhilistines Author:Allan Bloom
“Vitality springs from diversity -- which makes for real progress so long as there is mutual toleration, based on the recognition that worse may come from an attempt to suppress differences than from acceptance of them. For this reason, the kind of peace that makes progress possible is best assured by the mutual checks created by a balance of forces-alike in the sphere of internal politics and of international relations.” KindMayLongRealReasonPoliticsForcePeaceDifferencesJusticePowerProgressAcceptanceBalanceDiversitySpringRelationIndependenceInternationalToleranceChecksRecognitionInternalsMutualSpheresIndividualismAssuredVitalityInternational RelationsToleration Book:Why Don't We Learn from History? Source: Why Don't We Learn from History?
“To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and to accommodate the differences, temper and mutual forbearance are requisite.” WellsTwoDifferencesPartyHeardCircumstancesMutualTemperDisputesDisagreementAccommodateForbearance Book:The writings of George Washington Source: The writings of George Washington
“Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other. Love is an echo in the feelings of a unity subsisting between two persons which is founded both on likeness and on complementary differences. Without the likeness there would be no attraction; without the challenge of the complementary differences there could not be the closer interweaving and the inextinguishable mutual interest which is the characteristic of all deeper relationships.” PersonsTwoFeelingsWould BeInterestChallengesDifferencesLove IsFashionUnityDeeperAttractionCharacteristicsMutualEchoesExpansionComplementaryMutual Interest Author:Felix Adler