“Most expositions of Aristotle's doctrines, when they have not been dictated by a spirit of virulent detraction, or unsympathetic indifference, have carefully suppressed all, or nearly all, the absurdities, and only retained what seemed plausible and consistent. But in this procedure their historical significance disappears.” SpiritHistoricalDisappearDoctrineIndifferenceConsistentSignificanceAbsurdityProceduresPlausibleUnsympatheticHistorical Significance Book:Aristotle: a chapter from the history of science including analyses of Aristotle's scientific writings Source: Aristotle: a chapter from the history of science including analyses of Aristotle's scientific writings
“Indifference is the acid of life. It erodes all the spirit that's in us and makes us useless to anyone else. We all have to stand for something, or our souls cease to breathe.” SoulSpiritBreatheCeaseUselessIndifferenceAcidErodeStand For Something Author:Joan D. Chittister
“It is the Fourth Instinct (the spirit - RJ) that urges us to exceed ourselves ... by awakening our intuitive selves, and striving to be all that we were intended to be. It takes us beyond self-centeredness and enables us to resist the combined forces of indifference and meaninglessness. It awakens us to a sense of responsibility for those most in need of our society as well as for that world that future generations will inherit.” WorldNeedsWellsSelfSpiritForceResponsibilityGenerationsInstinctStriveAwakeningIndifferenceOur SocietyUrgesFourthIntuitiveFuture GenerationExceedMeaninglessnessSense Of ResponsibilitySelf CenterednessCenteredness Author:Arianna Huffington
“I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference with which she passes from the salon to the housetop. When we caress her, she stretches herself and arches her back responsively; but this is because she feels an agreeable sensation, not because she takes a silly satisfaction, like the dog, in faithfully loving a thankless master. The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.” NeedsFeelsMaySpiritValuesSleepDogMastersPleaseCatIndependentLaysSatisfactionSillyIndifferenceSensationsScratchesUngratefulCaressArchesPawsSalonsThankless Author:François-René de Chateaubriand