Presuppose Quotes

23 Presuppose quotes by 19 unique authors

As all those have shown who have discussed civil institutions, and as every history is full of examples, it is necessary to whoever arranges to… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I do not want to presuppose anything as known. I see in my explanation in section 1 the definition of the concepts point, straight line… — David Hilbert
True intimacy is a human constant. People of all types find it equally hard to achieve, equally precious to hold. Age, education, social status, make… — Robert Grudin
Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves… — Walter Raleigh
There exists in our society widespread fear of judging…[B]ehind the unwillingness to judge lurks the suspicion that no one is a free agent, and hence… — Hannah Arendt
Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing… — Edgar Degas
Mathematical discoveries, small or great are never born of spontaneous generation They always presuppose a soil seeded with preliminary knowledge and well prepared by labour,… — Henri Poincare
Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to their… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Cinema is consistently making a claim to particular memories, histories, ways of life, identities, and values that always presuppose some notion of difference, community, and… — Henry Giroux
The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of such circumstances is… — Emanuel Lasker
Our judgements of good and evil ... presuppose God as the standard. If there's no God, there's neither good nor evil. There's just nature doing… — Peter Kreeft
Cities are distinguished by the catastrophic forms they presuppose and which are a vital part of their essential charm. New York is King Kong, or… — Jean Baudrillard
All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all… — Walter Raleigh
The crimes of extreme civilization are probably worse than those of extreme barbarism, because of their refinement, the corruption they presuppose, and their superior degree… — Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. — Mahatma Gandhi
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they… — Niccolo Machiavelli
There's a very real possibility in this industry of going out and leading your life and then going home and being a voyeur of your… — Ryan Reynolds
Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our… — Albert Camus
There is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge, nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and constitute at the… — Michel Foucault
Sculptures created from found materials like ice and thorns, driftwood, and even bleached kangaroo bones all presuppose that artistic design will yield to the cycles… — Simon Schama
We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. — William O. Douglas
The script is very good because the things that happen in it are very believable to me. It doesn't presuppose that the world has changed… — Roger Spottiswoode

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