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I think for most Americans, knowledge of the Islamic world was pretty slight before 9/11, and then it was thrust upon us in one of America's darkest hours. Thomas P. Campbell
Knowledge World Darkest Before Think Slight Pretty Thrust Hours Most Islamic Islamic World America American Then Us
Technology is in fact one of the most exciting things that's happened to museums today - but one has to be careful about where one uses it. For instance, the Internet provides an incredible opportunity. It is a way for us to reach audiences around the world and further our educational mission. Thomas P. Campbell
Today Technology World Opportunity Internet Incredible Our Way Further Be Careful About Fact Instance Exciting Exciting Things Mission Reach Most Around Audiences Educational Provides Where In Fact Happened Us Uses Things Museums Careful
The Metropolitan Museum has all of our collections online, all our scholarly publications and catalogues since 1965. We have online features like the timeline of art history. Thomas P. Campbell
Art History Our Collections Online Features Scholarly Since Like Metropolitan Art History Timeline Publications Museum
European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut. Thomas P. Campbell
Government Financial Pressure Financing Budgets Governments Dependent Cut Moment European Museums
When I first started coming to New York in the early Nineties and seeing the vitality of the programme compared to what was going on back in London or Paris, it was just in a different league. It's like a 16th-century court. Thomas P. Campbell
First Back Nineties Vitality London Seeing Paris New League Like Court Coming York Going Just New York Different Compared Early Started Programme
At the peak of his scientific triumphs, Newton became a 'head,' a student of the inner spiritual world - or in modern terms, a neurologician. Modern physicists do not dwell on this dramatic life-change in their hero. Timothy Leary
Spiritual World Hero Dramatic Triumphs Spiritual World Physicists Student Head Terms Became Scientific His Modern Dwell Newton Peak Inner
Philosophy is a performance sport - you have to play it with somebody back and forth. Timothy Leary
You Somebody Back Philosophy Performance Sport Forth Play
My profession is I'm a dissident philosopher. Timothy Leary
Philosopher Profession
When people criticize the computer generation, the high tech generation, and say they neglect the body - well, just walk through a college campus, and you'll see the healthiest, most physically conscious and alert group of human beings I've ever met. So they're not nerds at all. Timothy Leary
You Generation People Walk College Met Group Neglect Say High Criticize Nerds See Physically High-Tech Through Computer Most Well Campus Human Just Human Beings Body Beings Tech Ever Conscious Alert
The twentieth century may well find historical status as the epoch in which man began to study himself as a scientific phenomenon. Timothy Leary
Man Status Find Study Well Himself Scientific Historical Began May Which Century Epoch Twentieth Twentieth Century Phenomenon
The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves. Tom G. Palmer
Free First White Older Other Head Name Household Females Males Questions Than Six Just Census Younger Persons Asked Number Slaves
Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America. Tom G. Palmer
Life Wild No Idea Idea Most How North North America America Europeans
Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities. Tom G. Palmer
Problem Relevant Mental Entities Abstract Abstraction Discern Does Trying Essential Process Require Use Belief
What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights. Tom G. Palmer
Rights Differences Libertarians Adult Simply Imply Normal Different Assert Fundamental Among Fundamental Rights
Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves. Tom G. Palmer
Guardians Responsible Abnormal Adult Make Because Children Cannot Themselves Choices Necessary
Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance. Tom G. Palmer
Other Libertarians Circumstances Finds Abnormal Except Argue Adult Unconscious Another Calls Impose Normal Normal Circumstances Ambulance Person Choices Medical Right Assistance
But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe. Tom G. Palmer
Entitled Holding Believe Other Some Both Adult Obvious Make Normal Left Choices Reason Right
Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated. Tom G. Palmer
Rights Obligations People Equality Some People Others Those Moral Would Some Simply Impose Cannot Agency Then Means Violated
To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice. Tom G. Palmer
Obligations Matter Our Those Maintain Particular Repeat Cannot Persons Choice Therefore
It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives. Tom G. Palmer
Good Healthy Live Virtuous Individuals Obvious Different Require Different Things Lives Things
Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good. Tom G. Palmer
Good World Liberty Inevitable Libertarians Recognize Pluralism Individual Individual Liberty Part Least Modern Common Common Good Modern World Reason Assert
Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions. Tom G. Palmer
Political Important Group Rather Questions Than Personification Illuminates
Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family. Vartan Gregorian
Family Dignity Honor
Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity. Vartan Gregorian
Wise Humanity Stupidity Fragments Libraries Records Absurd Behalf Unique Keep
If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world. Vinoba Bhave
Fitness Man World Victory Power Rules He Over Him Himself Exercise Achieves Body Who Whole
If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order. Vinoba Bhave
Nature Free Wish Our Joyous Same Order Should Activities Bring
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