“Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.” PeopleHumansCommonRaceStudyConflictConceptsSpeciesTendenciesDescentFamily HistoryBiologistHuman Species Author:J. Philippe Rushton
“A work of art rests its merits in traditional qualities. It may constitute a remarkable feat in craftsmanship; it may be a searching study of psychological states; it may be a nostalgic glance backward; it may be any one of an infinite number of concepts, none of which may have any possible bearing upon its degree of newness.” MayArtStatesNumbersQualityStudyDegreesConceptsTraditionInfiniteTraditionalPsychologicalMeritRemarkableWorks Of ArtGlancesNostalgicFeatsNewnessCraftsmanship Book:The Shape of Content Source: The Shape of Content
“If you see yourself in a favorable light, if your image of yourself is pleasant, if this visual concept of yourself cannot be shaken by temporary defeats, then you have reached the goal achieved by the most fortunate. Not everyone reaches this mental state; in fact, many people do not even believe it is possible. Happiness and peace of mind are a matter of consciousness. We must create the inner-harmony we desire. This type of awareness is not an accident, it comes from study and an understanding that we are truly creative.” PeopleIfsMindBelieveMatterStatesFactsLightDesireUnderstandingGoalConsciousnessCreativeStudyAwarenessTypeConceptsHarmonyDefeatAccidentsFortunatePleasantVisualsPeace Of MindTemporaryTemporary Defeat Author:Bob Proctor
“In Old Zen, the Zen Master would do literally anything to break down the concept of what the study was. He would present conflicting codes all the time, just to shake this fixation people had on how to attain liberation.” PeopleBreakStudyMastersConceptsLiberationCodeShakesBreaking DownZen MasterFixation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Representative democracy betrays the electorate when laws have no roots in the people but in oligarchies. Studies on the concept and modalities of direct democracy are therefore becoming more topical” PeopleLawDemocracyStudyBecomingConceptsDirectRootsBetrayRepresentativesBecoming MoreOligarchyElectorateDirect Democracy Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Buddhism is the study of the way the mind works. One has to be able to hold a large number of relational concepts simultaneously in the mind. It is necessary to grid, to literally unlock realities and dimensions with the power of your mind.” WayMindRealityAbleNumbersStudyBuddhismConceptsBuddhistDimensionsCosmologyLarge NumbersGrids Author:Frederick Lenz
“Teaching Black Studies, I find that students are quick to label a black person who has grown up in a predominantly white setting and attended similar schools as "not black enough." ...Our concept of black experience has been too narrow and constricting.” PersonsHas BeensEnoughSchoolBlackWhiteStudyTeachingStudentsConceptsSettingSettingsLabelsBlack Person Book:Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics Source: Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics
“Hannah Arendt in her study of totalitarianism borrowed from Immanuel Kant the concept of radical evil, of evil that's so evil that in the end it destroys itself, it's so committed to evil and it's so committed to hatred and cruelty that it becomes suicidal. My definition of it is the surplus value that's generated by totalitarianism. It means you do more violence, more cruelty than you absolutely have to to stay in power.” MeanEndsValuesEvilStudyViolenceConceptsHatredDefinitionsCommittedCrueltyRadicalSuicidalTotalitarianismBorrowedSurplus Author:Christopher Hitchens
“'Studying the Way' is just a figure of speech, a method of arousing people's interest in the early stages of their development. In fact, the Way is not something which can be studied. Study leads to the retention of concepts, and so the Way is entirely misunderstood” PeopleWayFactsInterestStudyStageFiguresDevelopmentSpeechConceptsMethodMisunderstoodRetentionFigures Of Speech Author:Huangbo Xiyun
“What is needed is a move beyond tradition, nothing less than a reform movement to bring the core concepts of Islam into the modern age, a Muslim Reformation to combat not only the jihadist ideologues but also the dusty, stifling seminaries of the traditionalists, throwing open the windows to let in much-needed fresh air.... It is high time, for starters, that Muslims were able to study the revelation of their religion as an event inside history, not supernaturally above it.... Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.” AgeAbleMovingStudyAirModernEventsMovementNeededConceptsTraditionWindowIslamCoreToleranceReformRelatedRevelationsBroadsCombatThrowingSiblingReformationOpen MindednessFresh AirStiflingStartersModern AgeIdeologuesReform Movements Author:Salman Rushdie
“I see more now. As far as concepts, I know where teammates are going, linemen are going. I can read defensive fronts. I can read the body language of linebackers. I study film to see who's a bull rusher and who's a finesse rusher. I think I've learned.” ThinkingKnowsI CanBodyFilmLanguageStudyFrontsConceptsI've LearnedBullsTeammateBody LanguageI Can ReadFinesseLinebackersLinemanLinemen Author:Brandon Jacobs