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Computer science only indicates the retrospective omnipotence of our technologies. In other words, an infinite capacity to process data (but only data -- i.e. the… — Jean Baudrillard
In order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i.e. we should… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Organized Christianity has always represented immortality as a sort of common heritage; but I never could see why spiritual life should not be conditioned on… — Albert J. Nock
If you wait for customers to tell you that you need to do something, you're too late. Good business leaders should be half a step… — Stuart Rose
It seems to me a worthy goal: try to create a representation of consciousness that's durable and truthful, i.e., that accounts, somewhat, for all the… — George Saunders
Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means… — Stephen Russell
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident… — Ferdinand de Saussure
I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has more… — Charles Cumming
I'm not taking maternity leave from 'Big Brother.' I e-mailed my boss over there this weekend and I said, 'Don't worry. I can still do… — Julie Chen
If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage guarantee company which… — Jamie Dimon
Pure earth does not petrify, because the predominance of dryness over [i.e. in] the earth endows it not with coherence but rather with crumbliness. In… — Avicenna
For it is necessary in every practical science to proceed in a composite (i.e. deductive) manner. On the contrary in speculative science, it is necessary… — Thomas Aquinas
The only distinct meaning of the word "natural" is stated, fixed, or settled; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent… — Joseph Butler
I'm not computer literate. I e-mail. I know how to get on the Web, but I haven't crossed over into the internet world. I'm old-fashioned,… — Katie Holmes
The scientist is a practical man and his are practical (i.e., practically attainable) aims. He does not seek the ultimate but the proximate. He does… — Gilbert N. Lewis
The only place where you could see life and death, i. e., violent death now that the wars were over, was in the bull ring… — Ernest Hemingway
Not only should we observe moderation with food, but we must also abstain from every other sin so that just as we fast with our… — Dorotheus of Gaza
On the most usual assumption, the universe is homogeneous on the large scale, i.e. down to regions containing each an appreciable number of nebulae. The… — Hermann Bondi
People understand the meaning of eating lies in the nourishment of the body only when they cease to consider that the object of that activity… — Leo Tolstoy
The Simonian system can be extracted from the writings of Hippolytus. The cosmos begins with the one root, which is unfathomable Silence, pre-existent, limitless power,… — Edward F Edinger

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