“Philosophers have actually devoted themselves, in the main, neither to perceiving the world, nor to spinning webs of conceptual theory, but to interpreting the meaning of the civilizations which they have represented, and to attempting the interpretation of whatever minds in the universe, human or divine, they believed to be real.” WorldMindHumansRealUniverseDivineTheoryCivilizationPhilosophicalPhilosopherInterpretationBeing RealDevotedAttemptingSpinningInterpreting Book:Josiah Royce: Selected Writings Source: Josiah Royce: Selected Writings
“He must be theory-mad beyond redemption who ... shall ... persist in attempting to reconcile the obstinate oils and waters of Poetry and Truth.” PoetryWaterTheoryMadOilRedemptionPersistAttemptingReconcileObstinateOil And Water Book:Poems and Essays of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Memoir Source: Poems and Essays of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Memoir
“I am attempting to move away from the exclusionary practices of feminist theory, particularly anti-pornography rhetoric, in order to amplify the discussion about the complexity of pleasure for women.” MovingOrderPleasurePracticeTheoryFeministDiscussionComplexityRhetoricPornographyAttemptingAmplifyFeminist Theory Author:Barbara Degenevieve