I don't enjoy the diminishing agility of the body!I had knee surgery and I no longer can go do three yoga classes… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
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I describe it ( the new aesthetics) 'radically': I say aesthetics = human being. That is a radical formula. I set the… — Joseph Beuys Copy Share Image
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The preceding criticism justifies the following definition of the entire human: human existence as the life of "unmotivated" celebration, celebration in all… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
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[I]n contrast to the common belief that they are the world's greatest cynics, the best journalists are the world's great idealists. They… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
One can delineate the domain of philosophy however one likes, but in its search for truth, philosophy is always concerned with human… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
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