Complexes Quote by Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Download Open image “History is no easy science; its subject, human society, is inifinitely complex.” — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Complexes Easy History Human society Humans Science Subjects
We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific. — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency. — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words--that is, to describe directly the… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Life is not simple, and therefore history, which is past life, is not simple. — David Shannon Copy Share Image
“By being a citizen of Rome, a man gained honor, wealth, and security. The Latins, therefore, became eager to obtain this title, and used… — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
Do not applaud me. It is not I who speaks to you, but history which speaks through my mouth. Fustel de — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
“It was granted to those who had three children, or who served in certain divisions of the army. Sometimes to construct a merchant vessel… — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
“The ancient city, like all human society, had ranks, distinctions, and inequalities.” — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
History studies not just facts and institutions, its real subject is the human spirit. — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
“Beyond these there is a miserable crowd, indigent, without political rights, of no weight in the city, envious, full of hatred, and condemned by… — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
History is not the accumulation of events of every kind which happened in the past. It is the science of human societies. — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Copy Share Image
Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
For many of us, work is the one place where we feel appreciated. The things that we long to experience at home - pride… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
People are messy and complex, particularly in the homosexual world. — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
At the risk of some oversimplification, if the skill composition of our work force meshed fully with the needs of our increasingly complex capital-stock,… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
There's a whole journalistic-industrial complex dedicated to keeping newsprint, TV screens and radio waves clean of destabilizing scoops damaging to corporations or the state. — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
The ascent of any route begins, in dreams at least, the autumn before. Our minds ring, involuntarily, with the alluring names of mountains, aiguilles,… — Gaston Rebuffat Copy Share Image
Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the transformation of… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Significantly, God in Genesis 1 pronounces the rest of creation "good" before humanity is created. The psalmist and the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel… — Rodney Clapp Copy Share Image
Naval dominance of European waters was the largest, longest, most complex and expensive project ever undertaken by the British state and society. — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of us is required to answer the… — James Hollis Copy Share Image