Quotes About Concept

But, you know, nobody lives forever. Conceptually these things don't come as a surprise.

German idealism is a return to the premodern on an 'English' and therefore insufficient basis... the German idealistic concept of freedom is a synthesis of the premodern concept of virtue with the Hobbesian-Lockean concept of subjective right as the morally fundamental fact.

The modern concept of the unconscious, based on such studies and measurements, is often called the "new unconscious," to distinguish it from the idea of the unconscious that was popularized by a neurologist-turned-clinician named Sigmund Freud.

Thus three elements unite to define the Objectivist concept of reason: perception,† conception, and logic.

Justice, of course, was an elusive thing, very subjective in some ways, too often more of a concept than a reality, but without the pursuit of that ideal, where would humanity be?

Among the great things which are found among us the existence of Nothing is the greatest.

If something does not exist, then it makes it very difficult to give it a definition.

Time is an illusion

Space-time is not necessarily something to which one can ascribe a separate existence, independently of the actual objects of physical reality. Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially extended. In this way the concept empty space loses its meaning.

Visual impressions are greatly intensified and the eye recovers some of the perceptual innocence of childhood, when the sensum was not immediately and automatically subordinated to the concept. Interest in space is diminished and interest in time falls almost to zero.

That one should have to talk about the mind in metaphors is unfortunate, but inevitable.

When we see a rose, we immediately say, rose. We do not say, I see a roundish mass of delicately shaded reds and pinks. We immediately pass from the actual experience to the concept.

For any unfamiliar with the concept of nuclear winter, basically this is when so much smoke and soot are released into the atmosphere as a result of multiple nuclear blasts, that the sun is blotted out for extended periods of time, leading to catastrophic cooling.

In the place of religion came the ever-inflating language of 'human rights' (itself a concept of Christian origin).

Secularism refers to the idea, popular for the last few centuries, that it is in fact possible for nations to be religiously neutral.

Growing up in Eastern Europe you learn very youg that politics is not an abstract concept, but a powerful force influencing people's everyday lives.

When I had this concept ["You're All That"] that I'm not just a body with a mind, that I'm a spirit being, I'm a synergistically trying being, when I understood that, life began to come into focus.

I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth.

I am pro-life. I hate the concept of abortion.

The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.

Language has multiple uses, and is embedded in different forms of life. It is not necessary to have this grand concept of "humanity" in order to behave decently.

The concept of life and perfection is incompatible. BUT so is death and perfection

The secret of living is to find a pivot, the pivot of a concept on which you can make your stand.

I can't tell you about the pain, and how my heart to this day screams to have a mom in my life. But I know that it is not safe with her. Every day I miss having a mom. But I don't miss Nedra. I will always want a mom, the concept of what a mom is. But I don't have that. I never did, no matter how hard I tried to fool myself. Nedra is not that. Reality wins, and I'd rather see the truth than stay in love with a fantasy.