“Complaints about the social irresponsibility of the intellectual typically concern the intellectual's tendency to marginalize herself, to move out from one community by interior identification of herself with some other community - for example, another country or historical period... It is not clear that those who thus marginalize themselves can be criticized for social irresponsibility. One cannot be irresponsible toward a community of which one does not think of oneself as a member. Otherwise runaway slaves and tunnelers under the Berlin Wall would be irresponsible.” ThinkingDoeCountryWould BeMovingSocialCommunityClearExampleWallPeriodsMembersIntellectualConcernHistoricalSlaveOneselfTendenciesComplaintsInteriorsIrresponsibleBerlinIdentificationRunawayIrresponsibilityBerlin Wall Author:Richard Rorty
“Consensual paranoia - the pathology of the normal person who is a member of a war-justifying society - forms the template from which all the images of the enemy are created. By studying the logic of paranoia, we can see why certain archetypes of the enemy must necessarily recur, no matter what the historical circumstances.” PersonsWarMatterFormCertainEnemyStudyAtheismCircumstancesMembersNormalLogicNo Matter WhatHistoricalPositive AtheismParanoiaArchetypePathology Author:Sam Keen
“All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.” PeopleMenHumansFactsSpiritIndividualTermCommunityTeamLandEventsTaughtMembersIntellectualEthicsConceptsHistoricalEnterpriseInterpretationInteractionPenetratePremisesEcologicalIntellectual LifeHistorical Events Author:Aldo Leopold
“If Turkey become a member of the EU, of course Turks would lose a part of this identity, just as Europe would lose a part of its own. It would also be a different Europe then. Accepting Turkey into the EU is an ambitious political endeavor of historical proportions. Europe would become a strong, multi-religious unit.” IfsDifferentPoliticalCoursesStrongLosesReligiousAcceptingIdentityMembersEuropeHistoricalProportionEndeavorAmbitiousUnitsTurkeys Author:Orhan Pamuk
“The argument that today's National Guardsmen, members of a select militia, would constitute the only persons entitled to keep and bear arms has no historical foundation.” PersonsTodayArmsBearsMembersArgumentFoundationHistoricalEntitledSelectMilitiaNational Guard Book:To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right Source: To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right
“Somewhat by historical happenstance the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China - also were the original five countries to have nuclear weapons.” CountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesFiveSecurityMembersWeaponsOriginalsHistoricalChinaNuclearRussiaFrancePermanentBritainNuclear WeaponsCouncilSecurity CouncilHappenstance Author:John Burroughs