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The only real source of historical information about pre-Islamic Mecca and the circumstances of the Koran's revelation is the classical Islamic story about the religion's… — Toby Lester
The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle. — George Gaylord Simpson
During all the first part of the Middle Ages, no other people made as important a contribution to human progress as did the Arabs, if… — Unknown Author
The strongest wish of a vast number of earnest men and women to-day is for a basis of religious belief which shall rest, not upon… — William Ralph Inge
If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them… — David Ben-Gurion
I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether… — Lion Feuchtwanger
[T]he visibility of styles is itself a product of historical consciousness. ... The very notion of "style" needs to be approached historically. Awareness of style… — Susan Sontag
A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality, and one of the great ideas of our time is pluralism. Can… — Eboo Patel
Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads; ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant… — Martin Gardner
I may add that the result of my 45 years of study of the Bible has led me all the time to a firmer faith… — Unknown Author
Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important place. The new 'scientific' or… — Robert Fogel
...the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and for purely theoretical and often highly ideological speculation, at the… — Thomas Piketty
The book, as it stands, seems to me to be one of the most frightful muddles I have ever read, with scarcely a sound proposition… — John Maynard Keynes
The international equity question arises from the costs of climate change itself and mitigation varying greatly across countries. It is affected by the historical responsibility… — Ross Garnaut
The problem is, even when we preach the Gospel correctly, then we go to this thing on how to invite men and it's not biblical… — Paul Washer
Wars between states and people seem to have existed under all historical systems for as long as we have some recorded evidence. War is quite… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Capitalism is first and foremost a historical social system. — Immanuel Wallerstein
What distinguishes the historical social system we are calling historical capitalism is that in this historical system capital came to be used (invested) in a… — Immanuel Wallerstein
An individual or a group of individuals might of course decide at any time that they would like to invest capital with the objective of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
But even in the absence of direct interference by those who had the power to interfere, the process was usually aborted by the non-availability of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything. — Immanuel Wallerstein
To be sure, the use of force by one party in a market transaction in order to improve his price was no invention of capitalism.… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Historical capitalism is a materialist civilization. — Immanuel Wallerstein
I am suggesting that there is, and always has been, a rather high correlation between ethnicity and occupation/economic role throughout the various time-space zones of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
It is this third consequence that has been elaborated in greatest detail and has formed one of the most significant pillars of historical capitalism, institutional… — Immanuel Wallerstein

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