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“Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and the theories.”

Ideas Facts Theory Prove Decided Explanation Interpretation

Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

“The nineteenth century, utilitarian throughout, set up a utilitarian interpretation of the phenomenon of life which has come down to us and may still be considered as the commonplace of everyday thinking. ... An innate blindness seems to have closed the eyes of this epoch to all but those facts which show life as a phenomenon of utility”

Thinking May Stills Facts Shows Seems Eye Century Everyday Interpretation Phenomenon Blindness Innate Utility Commonplace Nineteenth Century Epoch Utilitarian

Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset

“Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and justifying their belief on an erroneous interpretation of Hebrew Scriptures. "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth," their most likely response, overlooks the fact that this was promulgated by Moses as a limitation- a prohibition against taking both eyes or all of an offender's teeth in retribution.”

Source: Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis

“Today, we're encouraged to believe that we should have a verbal interpretation for what we view as art - when in fact the words are an intrusion on the experience.”

Should Believe Art Facts Today Views Should Have Interpretation Intrusion

Author:Ken Danby

“We doubt that any facts actually exist. We only have observations and interpretations. Most of the interpretations remain questionable.”

Facts Doubt Observation Interpretation Questionable

Author:Peter J. Carroll

“When Nietzsche praises egoism it is always in an aggressive or polemical way, against the virtues, against the virtue of disinterestedness (Z III "Of the three evil things"). But in fact egoism is a bad interpretation of the will, just as atomism is a bad interpretation of force. In order for there to be egoism it is necessary for there to be an ego.”

Way Facts Order Three Evil Force Virtue Ego Praise Interpretation Aggressive Egoism Evil Things

Book:Nietzsche and Philosophy

Source: Nietzsche and Philosophy

“It is very obvious that we are not influenced by "facts" but by our interpretation of the facts.”

Facts Obvious Interpretation

Author:Alfred Adler

“An ideologue - one who thinks ideologically - can't lose. He can't lose because his answer, his interpretation and his attitude have been determined in advance of the particular experience or observation. They are derived from the ideology, and not subject to the facts.”

“New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first - my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes.”

Firsts Enough Whole Facts Stuff Happened New York Inspire Albums Architecture Landscape Interpretation

Author:Lana Del Rey