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“Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are not contrary to nature; they are, rather, the foremost features of man's nature. The most appropriate description of man as differentiated from nonhuman beings is: a being purposively struggling against the forces adverse to his life.”

Thinking Men Long Reason Force Acting Struggle Function Contrary Preserves Features Appropriate Description Extinction Adverse

Book:Human action: a treatise on economics

Source: Human action: a treatise on economics

“If a medium is representational by nature of the realistic image formed by a lens, I see no reason why we should stand on our heads to distort that function. On the contrary, we should take hold of that very quality, make use of it, and explore it to the fullest.”

Ifs Should Reason Use Quality Function Photographer Contrary Mediums Reason Why No Reason Realistic Lenses

Book:Berenice Abbott, photographer: a modern vision : a selection of photographs and essays

Source: Berenice Abbott, photographer: a modern vision : a selection of photographs and essays

“I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.”

Mean Two Fiction Novel Function Contrary Genre Nasty

Author:Mark Haddon

“Socialism cannot function, because its economic reward structure is contrary to human nature.”

Humans Economic Human Nature Function Structure Rewards Contrary Socialism

Author:Frans de Waal

“I do think that it is legitimate to talk of goals and functions in nature, and that these things can be made sense of in naturalistic terms. There is nothing at all contrary to naturalism in the idea of goal-directed systems.”

Thinking Made Ideas Goal Term Function Contrary Naturalism

Author:Hilary Kornblith

“I am not a theologian, nor am I a priest or a minister, but I think building walls is fundamentally contrary to what made this country what it is. We're a pluralistic society in its functions.”

Thinking Made Country Building Wall Function Contrary Ministers Priests Theologian Building Walls

Author:Joe Biden