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“But in the end one also has to understand that the needs that religion has satisfied and philosophy is now supposed to satisfy are not immutable; they can be weakened and exterminated. Consider, for example, that Christian distress of mind that comes from sighing over ones inner depravity and care for ones salvation - all concepts originating in nothing but errors of reason and deserving, not satisfaction, but obliteration.”

Needs Mind Ends Reason Philosophy Care Christian Christianity Example Concepts Salvation Errors Satisfaction Satisfied Distress Deserving Depravity

Book:Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

Source: Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

“Keynes tried to show that market economies could settle in equilibrium states in which the labour market did not clear, and in which the level of unemployment was high. He believed that this was due to a particular example of market failure, developed in his concept of effective demand.”

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Author:Paul Ormerod

“I can explain how a person with autism thinks. I am very, very interested in how people think. It's been a gradual process of learning more and more about how my thinking process is different. You know it's bottom up - you take specific examples to make concepts and then I put them in categories.”

People Thinking Knows Persons I Can Different Process Example Concepts Bottom Categories Autism Learning More Thinking Process

Author:Temple Grandin

“In calling society an ecological system we are not merely using an analogy; society is an example of the general concept of an "ecosystem" that is, an ecological system of which biological systems - forests, fields, swamps - are other examples.”

Example Fields Calling Concepts Forests Ecological Analogies Ecosystems Swamps

Author:Kenneth E. Boulding

“In neither his definition nor the examples illustrating what memes are does Dawkins mention anything that would distinguish memes from concepts.”

Doe Example Concepts Definitions Memes Illustrating

Book:What Makes Biology Unique?: Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline

Source: What Makes Biology Unique?: Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline

“Implanting spiritual ideas in children is very important. Many people live their entire lives according to the concepts that are implanted in them in childhood. When children learn they will get the most attention and love through doing constructive things, they will tend to stop doing destructive things. Most important of all, remember that children learn through example. No matter what you say it is what you do that will have an influence on them.”

People Children Important Ideas Matter Remember Spiritual Attention Influence Childhood Example Concepts And Love No Matter What Destructive Constructive Attention And Love

Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“I'm interested in the way the whole cultural landscape can shift over time. Okay, this will seem like a silly example, but look at the whole discourse around "selling out," a concept people say is irrelevant because there's no more distinction between mainstream and underground, inside and outside (which I don't really believe, but that's another issue).”

People Way Believe Looks Whole Seems Issues Example Concepts Okay Silly Selling Landscape Distinction Mainstream Discourse Irrelevant Selling Out Inside And Outside

Author:Astra Taylor

“The forward step must be made in silence. We detach ourselves from word forms - this can be accomplished by substituting for words, letters, concepts, verbal concepts, other modes of expressions: for example, color.”

Made Form Silence Steps Example Color Expression Concepts Letters Accomplished

Author:William S. Burroughs