“The fact that astrology nevertheless yields valid results proves that it is not the apparent positions of the stars which work, but rather the times which are measured or determined by arbitrarily named stellar positions. Time thus proves to be a stream of energy filled with qualities and not, as our philosophy would have it, an abstract concept or precondition of knowledge.” PhilosophyFactsEnergyStarsResultsQualityPositionProveConceptsFilledDeterminedAbstractStreamsYieldNeverthelessAstrologyStellar Book:Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal Source: Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal
“This is the universal property of the human mind. Abstract rules form the core of everything from computer programs to grammars. Our results show that babies' minds are built to look for such rules - even without being told.” MindHumansLooksShowsFormResultsBabyEvolutionComputerBuiltProgramUniversalPropertyCoreAbstractHuman MindGrammar Author:Gary Marcus
“As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning its dominance of the art world with the emergence of the Abstract Expressionists.” WorldArtWarAmericaArtistResultsSceneParisWar Of The WorldsAbstractWorld War IiWorld War IDominanceEmergenceArt World Author:Arne Glimcher
“Far from being antecedent principles that animate the process, law, language, truth are but abstract names for its results.” TruthLawNamesLanguageProcessResultsPrinciplesAbstract Book:Pragmatism Source: Pragmatism
“In abstract mathematics, of course operations alter those particular relations which are involved in the considerations of number and space, and the results of operations are those peculiar results which correspond to the nature of the subjects of operation.” CoursesSpaceResultsNumbersSubjectsParticularInvolvedRelationMathematicsOperationsAbstractConsiderationPeculiar Author:Ada Lovelace