“I recently went to my staircase at Clare College, Cambridge and there were women there! There have been a lot of convincing studies recently about the loss of productivity in the Western male. It may be that entertainment culture now is so engaging that it keeps people satisfied. We didn't have that. Science was much more fun than listening to the radio. When you are 16 or 17 and in that inherently semi-lonely period when you are deciding whether to be an intellectual, many now don't bother.” PeopleMayHas BeensScienceCultureFunLossStudyCollegeListeningPeriodsIntellectualLonelyWesternMalesRadioEntertainmentProductivitySatisfiedBotherEngagingConvincingCambridgeStaircases Author:James D. Watson
“We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.” MayPeriodsCivilizationIntellectualWesternWestern Civilization Author:R. C. Sproul
“In western civilization, the period ruled by mysticism is known as the 'Dark Ages' and the 'Middle Ages'. I will assume that you know the nature of that period and the state of human existence in those ages. The Renaissance broke the rules of the mystics. "Renaissance" means the "rebirth". Few people today will care to remind you that it was a rebirth of reason - of man's mind.” PeopleKnowsMenMindHumansMeanStatesReasonCareAgeTodayDarkExistenceKnownHistoryMiddlePeriodsCivilizationAssumingWesternBrokeMysticismRebirthMiddle AgesDark AgesRenaissanceHuman ExistenceWestern Civilization Author:Ayn Rand
“We are in a period called post. In previous periods, anti-Semitism was always direct. Today's anti-Semitism isn't direct. If you say today that the Jews are absolute evil, or Israel is absolute evil, you must say Israeli is committing genocide against the Palestinians. It is very rare to find a Western politician who repeats these things.” IfsTodayEvilPeriodsPoliticianDirectAbsolutesWesternJewIsraelPostsRepeatsGenocidePalestinianIsraeliAnti Semitism Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld
“I had abandoned Catholicism, but even during my short militant atheist period I maintained an interest in western religious art and music.” ArtInterestReligiousPeriodsWesternAtheistCatholicismAbandonedMilitantArt And MusicReligious Art Author:Tim Crane
“Women had no clerical role anywhere in the Western world, period.” WorldRolesPeriodsWesternWestern World Author:Mitch Horowitz