Kategorie: Allgemein

Academivity.

When there are so few constructive, creative proposals, it is not only because they are ruled out by “value-free science” (which of course never existed), but because it is simply more difficult.

Johan Galtung: Good-Bye, See You Later

Du sollst denken und wissen.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.

Galileo Galilei: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina (1615)

Uni(n)formed.

Never underestimate how little people will (want to) think when they were given orders.

Gottarist.

I don't believe in God, but if I did, he would be a black, left-handed guitarist.

Matthew in The Dreamers (2003)

Alles nur geklaut.

Den Acker pflegen ist ein Ding, den Acker besitzen ein zweites. Und diese beiden Dinge dürfen nicht durcheinandergebracht werden. In Sachen des Eigentums ist das Recht des ersten Besitzers unsicher und schlecht begründet. Das Recht der Eroberung hingegen ruht auf soliden Grundlagen. Es ist allein zu achten, weil es allein sich Achtung erzwingt.

Anatole France: Die Insel der Pinguine