“We still do not know the mechanics of evolution in spite of the over-confident claims in some quarters, nor are we likely to make further progress in this by the classical methods of paleontology or biology; and we shall certainly not advance matters by jumping up and down shrilling, `Darwin is god and I, So-and-so, am his prophet'” KnowsStillsMatterProgressEvolutionClaimsMethodProphetSpiteBiologyQuartersMechanicJumpingUp And DownPaleontologyOver Confident Author:Errol White
“Close reading of tough-minded writing is still the best, cheapest, and quickest method known for learning to think for yourself... Reading, and rigorous discussion of that reading in a way that obliges you to formulate a position and support it against objections, is an operational definition of education... reading, analysis, and discussion is the way we develop reliable judgment, the principle way we come to penetrate covert movements behind the facade of public appearances.” ThinkingWayWritingStillsReadingBehindsKnownPrinciplesSupportMovementPositionJudgmentToughMethodDefinitionsAppearanceDiscussionAnalysisPenetrateObjectionsFacadeCovertThink For YourselfClose Reading Author:John Taylor Gatto
“But when the good people do know, as they certainly do, that three million persons (at the least estimate) were starved to death in one year by the methods they approve, why do they still fraternize with the murderers and support the measures? Because they have been told that the lingering death of the three millions might ultimately benefit a greater number. The argument applies equally well to cannibalism.” PeopleKnowsYearsWellsPersonsHas BeensStillsMightThreeNumbersMillionsSupportGreaterBenefitsArgumentMethodGood PeopleMurdererLingeringCannibalism Book:God of the Machine Source: God of the Machine
“A possibility of continuing progress is opened up by the fact that in learning one act, methods are developed good for use in other situations. Still more important is the fact that the human being acquires a habit of learning. He learns to learn.” HumansStillsImportantFactsUseHuman BeingsSituationProgressPossibilityHabitMethodAcquireContinuing Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly tries to disarm the just rancour of the criminal classes.” TryingStillsClassConversationMethodCriminalsFoolishImprovingPhilanthropist Book:Oscar Wilde - The Major Works Source: Oscar Wilde - The Major Works
“One of the questions on which clarity of thinking is now most necessary is that of the relation between the methods of science and of Marxist philosophy. Although much has already been written on the subject, yet there is still an enormous amount of confusion and contradictory statement.” ThinkingStillsPhilosophyWrittenSubjectsAmountRelationMethodEnormousStatementsConfusionClarityContradictoryMarxist Author:John Desmond Bernal