“The idea of some kind of objectively constant, universal literary value is seductive. It feels real. It feels like a stone cold fact that In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust, is better than A Shore Thing, by Snooki. And it may be; Snooki definitely has more one-star reviews on Amazon. But if literary value is real, no one seems to be able to locate it or define it very well. We're increasingly adrift in a grey void of aesthetic relativism.” IfsFeelsWellsKindMayIdeasRealFactsSeemsAbleValuesLostStarsColdStonesUniversalConstantReviewsShoreVoidAestheticGreyAmazonSeductiveRelativismProustLost TimeAdriftStone ColdSnooki Author:Lev Grossman
“We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world, void of national bias, race, hate, and religious prejudice. There should be no indulgence in undue eulogy of the Negro. The case of the Negro is well taken care of when it is shown how he has far influenced the development of civilization.” WorldNeedsShouldWellsCareHateNationsReligiousJusticeRaceCasesTakenDevelopmentCivilizationDiversityPrejudiceSocial JusticeVoidBiasWorld HistoryIndulgenceSelectedEulogyReligious Prejudice Book:Negro Makers of History Source: Negro Makers of History
“Well, since paradoxes are at hand, let us see how it might be demonstrated that in a finite continuous extension it is not impossible for infinitely many voids to be found.” WellsHandsMightFoundImpossibleParadoxVoidExtensionsFinite Book:Two new sciences, including centers of gravity & force of percussion Source: Two new sciences, including centers of gravity & force of percussion