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> [If you want to understand what it means to be afraid, what fear as experienced by human beings is, then your focus must shift. No longer will you be satisfied with mechanical, physiological, neurological accounts. For this inquiry will require…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/if-you-want-to-understand-what-it-means-to-be-afraid-what-fear-as/)

[David Roochnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-roochnik/)

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## More by David Roochnik

> [Postmodernism - and is that term used much any more? - is simply a reiteration of the sophistic or the rhetorical worldview.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/postmodernism-and-is-that-term-used-much-any-more-is-simply-a/)

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> [The great virtue, I think, of studying Aristotle - and, more importantly, taking him seriously as a possible teacher - is that he presents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/the-great-virtue-i-think-of-studying-aristotle-and-more-importantly/)

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> [It may well seem that Plato does suggest techne is the best model for moral knowledge. In other words, it may seem that his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/it-may-well-seem-that-plato-does-suggest-techne-is-the-best-model-for/)

[David Roochnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-roochnik/)

> [Even before Plato, techne was conceived as knowledge of a determinate field that could be mastered by "the expert". Such a person becomes an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/even-before-plato-techne-was-conceived-as-knowledge-of-a-determinate/)

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> [Anyone who studies the contemporary phenomenon of global warming, or who fears the insidious impact that the smartphone is having on our lives, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/anyone-who-studies-the-contemporary-phenomenon-of-global-warming-or/)

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> [Modern science is a vast attempt to homogenize the universe. Aristotelian science, by contrast, remains faithful to our lived experience, and thus conceives of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/modern-science-is-a-vast-attempt-to-homogenize-the-universe/)

[David Roochnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-roochnik/)

> [The earth is, of course, not the geometric center of the universe. But it is certainly the center of our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/the-earth-is-of-course-not-the-geometric-center-of-the-universe-but/)

[David Roochnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-roochnik/)

> [First and foremost, note that Plato always wrote dialogues, and never attempted to produce a theoretical or scientific treatise. This is a big clue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/first-and-foremost-note-that-plato-always-wrote-dialogues-and-never/)

[David Roochnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-roochnik/)

> [If you want to understand what it means to be afraid, what fear as experienced by human beings is, then your focus must shift.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/if-you-want-to-understand-what-it-means-to-be-afraid-what-fear-as/)

[David Roochnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-roochnik/)

> [Mathematics is realm altogether, one that is cold, hard, objective, necessary, clear and thus utterly non-human. Nonetheless, it is enormously useful as a means,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/mathematics-is-realm-altogether-one-that-is-cold-hard-objective/)

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> [We live in a technocratic culture. We worship at the altar of technology. Our lives are increasingly shaped by the machinations of the techies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/we-live-in-a-technocratic-culture-we-worship-at-the-altar-of/)

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> [In our lives a dog is a dog rather than a former wolf, and it surely is not a cat, a difference that means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/in-our-lives-a-dog-is-a-dog-rather-than-a-former-wolf-and-it-surely/)

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> [What makes defeat so painful is just the awareness that the other has won. It hurts to lose because it feels so good to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-roochnik/what-makes-defeat-so-painful-is-just-the-awareness-that-the-other-has/)

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