Best reflection & critical Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The light of common sense is fundamentally the same light as that of science, that is to say, the natural light of the intellect. But in common sense this light does not return upon itself by critical reflection, and is not perfected by what we shall learn to know as a scientific habit.”

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Book:An EPZ Introduction to Philosophy

Source: An EPZ Introduction to Philosophy

“Theology is reflection, a critical attitude. The commitment of love, of service, comes first. Theology follows; it is the second step.”

Firsts Attitude Steps Reflection Commitment Critical Theology

Author:Gustavo Gutiérrez

“Critical reflection on practice is a requirement of the relationship between theory and practice. Otherwise theory becomes simply "blah, blah, blah, " and practice, pure activism.”

Practice Theory Pure Reflection Critical Activism Requirements Blah Theory And Practice Critical Reflection

Book:Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage

Source: Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage

“Because there's such a long tradition of the arts being very prominent and very varied in Cuban culture and society, people do use the art world as a space for critical reflection and people look to it for that.”

People World Looks Long Art Use Culture Space Reflection Art Is Tradition Critical Cuban Prominent Art World Critical Reflection

Author:Rachael Price

“Poetry at large in America is naturally a reflection of the American system and culture. That's my possibly narrow view of it, or reductive view. But I think for as many portals for critical consciousness in the poetry world and in the American spirit that exist, there's also an over-arching, dominant mirroring, in poetry, of the corporate structure, the capitalist enterprise.”

Thinking World America Spirit Culture Views Consciousness Reflection Structure Critical Corporate Enterprise Capitalist Dominant Portal Mirroring American Spirit

Author:Fady Joudah

“What is quite worrisome is the absence of analysis and reflection. Take the word "terrorism." It has become synonymous now with anti-Americanism, which, in turn, has become synonymous with being critical of the United States, which, in turn, has become synonymous with being unpatriotic. That's an unacceptable series of equations.”

States Turns United United States Reflection Series Critical Terrorism Absence Analysis Equations Americanism Unpatriotic

Author:Edward Said

“The demands of the economy, and more recently those of political correctness and the diktat against ever offending anyone, are not conducive to a classroom or university seminar climate in which genuinely free and critical reflection on how to live prospers.”

Political Economy Demand Reflection Climate University Critical Classroom Political Correctness Correctness Offending Seminars Critical Reflection

Author:David E. Cooper

“The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we inhabit are not only critical elements in the quality of life we enjoy - they are a reflection of the majesty of our Creator.”

Enjoy Water Quality Air Land Drink Elements Reflection Creator Critical Breathe Majesty Quality Of Life

Author:Rick Perry

“The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.”

Men Writing Book Self Problem Running Reflection Red Breaths Critical Bus Examination Self-examination

Author:J. Michael Straczynski

“All efforts at self-transformation challenge us to engage in on-going, critical self-examination and reflection about feminist practice, and about how we live in the world. This individual commitment, when coupled with engagement in collective discussion, provides a space for critical feedback which strengthens our efforts to change and make ourselves anew.”

“We are ... led to a somewhat vague distinction between what we may call "hard" data and "soft" data. This distinction is a matter of degree, and must not be pressed; but if not taken too seriously it may help to make the situation clear. I mean by "hard" data those which resist the solvent influence of critical reflection, and by "soft" data those which, under the operation of this process, become to our minds more or less doubtful.”

Source: Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy

“It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it [the Constitution] a finger of that Almighty hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the revolution.”

Men Has Beens Hands Impossible Stage He Man Revolution Reflection Constitution Fingers Critical Perceive Relief Almighty Pious Federalist Papers

Book:The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

Source: The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

“Michael Jackson is an extremely productive ethnographer, a serious reader of phenomenological and existential philosophy, and a remarkable writer at a level that one rarely sees in anthropology. Lifeworlds, unsurprisingly, is no exception. The several essays included here fit into an impressive whole that set out a compelling case for a type of ethnography of which Jackson is one of the masters. The writing is strong and the critical reflections impressive. This book defines an approach to anthropology that is resonant enough to challenge the leading models of our time.”

“The real wonder is that so many difficulties should have been surmounted [in the federal convention], and surmounted with a unanimity almost as unprecedented as it must have been unexpected. It is impossible for any man of candor to reflect on this circumstance without partaking of the astonishment. It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it a finger of that Almighty hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the revolution.”

Source: The Federalist: With Letters of Brutus

“The historical mission of our times is to re-invent the human—at the species level, with critical reflection, within the community of life-systems, in a time-developmental context, by means of story and shared dream experience.”

Humans Mean Stories Dream Community Levels Reflection Historical Species Missions Critical Our Time Developmental Critical Reflection

Book:The Great Work: Our Way into the Future

Source: The Great Work: Our Way into the Future

“The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community.”

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Author:Saul Williams

“A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection - not an invitation for hypnosis.”

Ifs Language Civilization Reflection Democratic Critical Invitations Stimulus Hypnosis Critical Reflection

Author:Umberto Eco

“Music is critical in our lives and culture. It's the inspiration that drives us. It's also the window to our souls. It's a reflection as to who we are, what we stand for and where we're going.”

Soul Inspiration Culture Our Lives Music Is Reflection Window Critical Who We Are

Author:Bill Walton

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