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“Music is the harmonization of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements”

Elements Music Is Opposites

Author:Pythagoras

“The tendency of our perceptions is to emphasise increasingly the objective elements in an impression, unless we have some special reason, as artists have, for doing the opposite.”

Reason Artist Special Elements Perception Opposites Impression Objectives Tendencies

Book:An Outline of Philosophy

Source: An Outline of Philosophy

“We must therefore turn to history for enlightenment; here we find that none of the proclaimed anarchist groups correspond to the libertarian position, that even the best of them have unrealistic and socialistic elements in their doctrines. Furthermore, we find that all of the current anarchists are irrational collectivists, and therefore at opposite poles from our position. We must therefore conclude that we are not anarchists, and that those who call us anarchists are not on firm etymological ground, and are being completely unhistorical.”

Turns Groups Position Elements Enlightenment Opposites Currents Libertarian Doctrine Firm Irrational Anarchism Anarchist

Author:Murray Rothbard

“Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?... Let us show that we can temper together those opposite elements of liberty and restraint into one consistent whole. Let us set an example for the world of a law-abiding America glorying in its freedom as well as its respect for law.”

People World Wells Whole Shows Together America Law Freedom Compassion Liberty Sacrifice Crime Example Elements Opposites Fundamentals Consistent Heritage Temper Restraint Abiding

Author:Gerald R. Ford

“In the desert, water gives life, while in the ocean an island stands to give anchor. Opposites are desirable and necessary. Once again, you see the theme of taking away a precious element of the world or making it rare and precarious.”

World Giving Water Elements Ocean Opposites Desert Islands Theme Desirable Anchors Precarious

Author:Vera Nazarian

“Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.”

Faith Doubt Elements Opposites Doubted Faith And Doubt

Author:Paul Tillich

“If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason -- its fluidity, mobility, changeability that make it a necessity and a metaphor for life itself. To value gold over water is to value economy over ecology, that which can be locked up over that which connects all things.”

Ifs Has Beens Reason Values Water Economy Elements All Things Gold Opposites Metaphor Locked Ecology Locked Up Mobility Fluidity

Book:Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics

Source: Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics

“The various elements of truth stand in perpetual antithesis, sometimes requiring us to believe apparent opposites while we wait for the moment when we shall know as we are known.”

Knows Believe Sometimes Moments Waiting Known Elements Opposites Various Perpetual Antithesis

Book:The Knowledge of the Holy

Source: The Knowledge of the Holy

“To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government; that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.”

Giving Mind Stills Government Together Form Easy Powerful Liberty Letting Go Elements Reflection Opposites Guides Temper Restraint Reins Combining Free Government

Book:Reflections on the French Revolution

Source: Reflections on the French Revolution