“In asking for a relic of Descartes, the chevalier de Terlon was standing at the crossroads of the ancient and modern. He was applying to a modern thinker - the inventor of analytic geometry, no less - a primitive tradition… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“devote what time I may still have to live to no other occupation than that of endeavoring to acquire some knowledge of Nature, which… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“So how, in an increasingly interconnected world, do we integrate and still keep our values?” — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
Embedded in this outlook is an idea of the body as a machine, so that illness is seen as a breakdown of the machine,… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
For liberalism is a delicate thing. It encompasses so much -- constitutional government, democratic elections, freedom of worship, civil rights, free trade -- that… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“For individual freedom can come about only, can be conceived only, if there is some sense of security to life.” — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“He developed his revolutionary philosophy, with its grounding not in the Bible or ancient writers but in human reason, and became famous and infamous… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“Relying on physical remedies alone was often seen as downright ungodly: in England, Puritan minister John Sym advised “caution” that people “dote not upon,… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“In asking for a relic of Descartes, the chevalier de Terlon was standing at the crossroads of the ancient and modern. He was applying… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death. — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“It was possible, as far as they knew, that the western shore, which in fifty years’ time would be christened New Jersey, was in… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“a basic component of individual rights is the right to own property.” — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“...the curious Dutch classification gedogen, which means 'technically illegal but officially tolerated.” — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
They had applied their doubts to the very head that had introduced doubt as a tool for advancing knowledge. And in the end they… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
“No,” he answered. If Stanton figured he was teaching the slave a lesson, Venture knew that by staying locked up he was depriving Stanton… — Russell Shorto Copy Share Image
