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When we affirm that philosophy begins with wonder, we are affirming in effect that sentiment is prior to reason.

— Richard Weaver Ideas have Consequences (1948)

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He has been told that knowledge is power, and knowledge consists of a great many small things.

Ideas have Consequences (1948)

Specialization develops only part of a man; a man partially developed is deformed.

Man is constantly being assured that he has more power than ever before in history, but his daily experience is one of powerlessness. …

Ideas have Consequences (1948)

Nothing is more certain than that whatever has to court public favor for its support will sooner or later be prostituted to utilitarian ends.

Ideas have Consequences (1948)

Rhetoric in its truest sense seeks to perfect men by showing them better versions of themselves, links in that chain extending up toward the ideal.

The Ethics of Rhetoric (1953)

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Every morning
I shall concern myself anew about the boundary
Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No
And pressing forward honor reality.

Martin Buber Power and Love (1926)

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.

John C. Lilly The Human Biocomputer (1974)

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