There are two kinds of liberalism. A liberalism which is always, subterraneously authoritative and paternalistic, on the side of o...ne's good conscience. And then there is a liberalism which is more ethical than political; one would have to find another name for this. Something like a profound suspension of judgment.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Both were predominantly ethical in aim and doctrine; theory of knowledge (logic) and of nature (physics) served rather as the scaf...folding rather than as an integral portion of their philosophic structure, while metaphysics, the kernel of Platonic and Aristotelian speculation, receded altogether into the background.... When we ask as to the nature of the philosophic life, the two schools give widely different answers. To the Stoic, it consists in following virtue, in obedience to an authoritative law of nature or reason; the sage, by subjugating emotion, and by detachment from the restless world of circumstance, disciplines his soul to self-sufficiency and inward independence. To the Epicurean, the good life is that of rational enjoyment of all the satisfactions which the world affords.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are books ... which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences, so medicinal, so stringent, s...o revolutionary, so authoritative.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Hamilton took as his major premise the evil nature of man and followed with the consequent need for an authoritative government in... the hands of the propertied, who had a "stake in society" and therefore had most to gain or lose by government; Jefferson argued that since man is naturally well-disposed toward his fellows, all that is necessary for a good society is sufficient training and opportunity to make all men realize that their own good derives from the common good. Hamilton believed the principal duty of government was to protect private property and the sanctity of contract; Jefferson saw it as promoting the general welfare over and above any consideration of wealth.... Hamilton saw American prosperity rising through industrial capitalism; Jefferson looked with suspicion and disfavor upon mercantile activity, found it enslaving, deceitful, predatory, and contrary to man's natural desire to live free and relatively self-sufficient by the fruit of his own labors. Instead of manufacturing, he placed his hopes in an agrarian economy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Nothing would improve newspaper criticism so much as the knowledge that it was to be read by men too hardy to acquiesce in the aut...horitative statement of the reviewer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are so many intellectual and moral angels battling for rationalism, good citizenship, and pure spirituality; so many and suc...h eminent ones, so very vocal and authoritative! The poor devil in man needs all the support and advocacy he can get. The artist is his natural champion. When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In the electronic age, books, words and reading are not likely to remain sufficiently authoritative and central to knowledge to ju...stify literature.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In the nurturing family...parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily a...s one of teaching their children how to be truly human in all situations. They readily acknowledge to the child their poor judgment as well as their good judgment; their hurt, anger, or disappointment as well as their joy. The behavior of these parents matches what they say.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine as well as the masculine interpretation of ...that common social consensus which is slowly writing justice in the State and fraternity in the social order.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document. It is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spiri...t of the age. Its prescriptions are clear and we know what they are ... but life is always your last and most authoritative critic.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »