“All civilization in a sense exists only in the mind. Gunpowder, textile arts, machinery, laws, telephones are not themselves transmitted from man to man or from generation to generation, at least not permanently. It is the perception, the knowledge and understanding of them, their ideas in the Platonic sense, that are passed along. Everything social can have existence only through mentality.” MenMindArtIdeasLawSocialUnderstandingExistenceGenerationsCivilizationPerceptionMentalityTelephonesMachineryPlatonicGunpowderTextilesKnowledge And Understanding Author:Alfred L. Kroeber
“The mechanical mind has a passion for control - of everything except itself. Beyond the control it has won over the forces of nature it would now win control over the forces of society of stating the problem and producing the solution, with social machinery to correspond.” MindProblemPassionWinningForceSocialSolutionsMachineryForces Of Nature Author:L. P. Jacks
“Every improvement in our conceptions of justice, as well as in the machinery for the administration of justice, whereby a closer approximation to exact justice may be secured, will make for social peace, though the mere adjudication of conflicting interests will not remove the conflicts themselves nor their cause. That lies deeper than legislatures or courts can probe.” WellsMayLyingSocialCausesInterestJusticeConflictCourtMereDeeperImprovementAdministrationRemoveConceptionMachineryLegislatureSecuredApproximationAdministration Of Justice Book:Essays in Social Justice Source: Essays in Social Justice
“True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying.” SocialExistenceShiningOilMachineryPolitenessSocial LifeGlitterGrooveRuts Book:A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader Source: A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader