“We think of the number "five" as applying to appropriate groups of any entities whatsoever - to five fishes, five children, five apples, five days... We are merely thinking of those relationships between those two groups which are entirely independent of the individual essences of any of the members of either group. This is a very remarkable feat of abstraction; and it must have taken ages for the human race to rise to it” ThinkingHumansChildrenTwoAgeIndividualNumbersRaceTakenFiveGroupsMembersLogicEssenceIndependentFishesCertaintyUncertaintyHuman RaceApplesReasoningAppropriateRemarkableEntityAbstractionFeatsOntology Author:Alfred North Whitehead
“If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.” IfsLooksBlackCommunityGroupsEssenceProtectionPanthersBlack Panther Author:Anthony Mackie
“War in its essence is another form of capitalism. Wars make people rich - and they make a lot of people poor, and they take a lot of people's lives away from them. So much of the war that is happening is the attempt of one group to snatch the resources of another group.” PeopleWarFormPoorRichGroupsHappeningsCapitalismResourcesEssence Author:Bell Hooks
“Democracy is not brute numbers; it is a genuine union of true individuals...the essence of democracy is creating. The technique of democracy is group organization.” IndividualNumbersDemocracyGroupsCreatingEssenceOrganizationUnionsTechniqueGenuineBrutes Author:Mary Parker Follett