"Long before Einstein told us that matter is……" — George Will

"Long before Einstein told us that matter is energy, Machiavelli and Hobbes and other modern political philosophers defined man as a lump of matter whose most politically relevant attribute is a form of energy called self-interestedness. This was not a"

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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the… — Marcus Aurelius
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities,… — Joseph Addison
Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man. — Graydon Carter
There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. — Agatha Christie
Unable to understand how or why the person we see behaves as he does, we attribute his behavior to a… — B.F. Skinner
Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely… — P.G. Wodehouse
Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute. — Bill Russell
We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we… — Henry David Thoreau
Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils. — Warren G. Harding
Novelty is an essential attribute of the beautiful. — Benjamin Disraeli
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their… — Charles Darwin

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