“The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks.” MindObjectsAncientGreekCompositionAncient Greek Author:Johannes Stark
“There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, "What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused."” FirstsEndsLawPartyObjectsFameArgumentAncientLawyerAccusedJudicialProceedingJurisprudence Author:Edmund Burke
“It is incumbent upon the Aghsan, the Afnan and My kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch. Consider that which We have revealed in Our Most Holy Book: 'When the ocean of My presence hath ebbed and the Book of My Revelation is ended, turn your faces toward Him Whom God hath purposed, Who hath branched from this Ancient Root.' The object of this sacred verse is none other except the Most Mighty Branch (Abdu'l-Baha). Thus have We graciously revealed unto you our potent Will, and I am verily the Gracious, the All-Powerful.” BookFacesTurnsPowerfulObjectsHolyOceanRootsSacredAncientBranchesRevelationsYour FaceVersesGraciousKindredIncumbentsHoly BooksBaha Author:Bahá'u'lláh
“Paradoxically, capital has unleashed myriad objects upon us, in their manifold horror and sparkling splendor. Two hundred years of idealism, two hundred years of seeing humans at the center of existence, and now the objects take revenge, terrifyingly huge, ancient, long-lived, threateningly minute, invading every cell in our body.” YearsHumansLongTwoBodyExistenceSeeingMinutesObjectsHugeHorrorHundredAncientRevengeCellsIdealismSplendorSparklingUnleashedManifoldInvading Author:Timothy Morton
“Here the artist is, as it were, an archaeologist, uncovering deeper and deeper strata as he works, recovering not an ancient civilization, but something as yet unborn, unseen, unheard, except by the inner eye, the inner ear. He is not just removing apparent surfaces from some external object, he is removing apparent surface from the Self, revealing his original nature.” SelfEyeArtistObjectsCivilizationEarsOriginalsAncientDeeperSurfaceUnseenRevealingUnbornRecoveringUnheardAncient CivilizationsUncoveringArchaeologists Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art