Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography
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Printer-friendly version| Title | Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Pub Year | 2009 |
| Authors | Schweitzer, A. |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Keywords | ideas, truth, uniformity |
| Notes |
uniformity"Corporate bodies do not look for their strength in ideas and in the values of the people for whom they are responsible. They try to achieve the greatest possible uniformity. They believe that in this way they hold the greatest power, offensive as well as defensive." (p. 224) truth"But merely accepting authoritarian truth, even if that truth has some virtue, does not bring skepticism to an end. To blindly accept a truth one has never reflected upon retards the advance of reason. Our world rots in deceit. Our very attempt to manipulate truth itself brings us to the brink of disaster." (p. 227) |