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Every orientation presupposes a disorientation. — Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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
Indeed the presence of outstanding strengths presupposes that energy needed in other areas has been channeled away from them. — Allen Shawn
Ist es an und fu? r sich absurd, das Nichtsein fu? r einUbel zu ? halten; da jedes Ubel wie jedes Gut das Dasein zur… — Arthur Schopenhauer
What has to be given up is not the I, as most mystics suppose: this I is indispensable for any relationship, including the highest, which… — Martin Buber
All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real love of God,… — Saint Francis de Sales
Selfless giving presupposes something - that there is a lumunious reality. — Frederick Lenz
The term many presupposes the term one , and the term one presupposes the term many. — Alfred North Whitehead
I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself.… — Michael J. Fox
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. — Denis Diderot
Unionization, as opposed to communism, presupposes the relation of employment; it is based upon the wage system and it recognizes fully and unreservedly the institution… — John L. Lewis
A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving. — Ayn Rand
A language presupposes that all the individual users possess the organs. — Ferdinand de Saussure
The euro currency both presupposes and promotes a fiction - that 'Europe' has somehow become, against the wishes of most Europeans, a political rather than… — George Will
Not evil. Moronic, which isn't quite the same thing. Evil presupposes a moral decision, intention, and some forethought. A moron or a lout, however, doesn't… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Anti-theism presupposes Theism — Cornelius Van Til
Remember the Golden Rule? "Treat people as you would like to be treated." The best managers break the Golden Rule every day. They would say… — Marcus Buckingham
All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it. — Carl von Clausewitz
If you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game of doubting itself presupposes certainty. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Life is its own journey, presupposes its own change and movement, and one tries to arrest them at one's eternal peril. — Laurens van der Post
Critical and liberating dialogue, which presupposes action, must be carried on with the oppressed at whatever the stage of their struggle for liberation. The content… — Paulo Freire
Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes it possible for higher psychical activities, scientific, artistic or ideological,… — Sigmund Freud
Sociology presupposes a certain awareness that human events have different levels of meaning, some of which are hidden from the consciousness of everyday life — Peter L. Berger

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