Good thing Quote by Rebecca West

There's a long tradition in Western thought that humans are not shackled by biology, whereas animals are pure instinct machines.

— Frans de Waal

If in Nietzsche's thinking the prior tradition of Western thought is gathered and completed in a decisive respect, then the confrontation with Nietzsche becomes…

— Martin Heidegger

The so-called Philosophy of India is even more blowsy and senseless than the metaphysics of the West. It is at war with everything we…

— H. L. Mencken

The influence (for good or ill) of Plato's work is immeasurable. Western thought, one might say, has been Platonic or anti-Platonic, but hardly ever…

— Karl Popper

“Western thought has emphasized individual action, permanent character traits, formal logic, and clearly delineated categories. For an even longer period, Asian thought has emphasized…

— David Brooks

Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought.

— Stephen Jay Gould

Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its influence and its place, just as our body will…

— Alexander Herzen

“The view that the truth is one and undivided, and the same for all men everywhere at all times, whether one finds it in…

— Isaiah Berlin

I have assimilated Western thought and its clarity, but, in fact, I am solidly rooted in the passive Eastern nature and remain rebellious to…

— Leonid Feodorov

The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest…

— James Buchan

Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its influence and its place, justas our body will pass…

— Alexander Herzen

Awakening of Western thought will not be complete until that thought steps outside itself and comes to an understanding with the search for a…

— Albert Schweitzer