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5300 | Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it [Marx] |
Full Idea: The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. | |
From: Karl Marx (Theses on Feuerbach [1846], §XI) | |
A reaction: The 'point' of what? Personally I am more with Aristotle - that the aim is to create a society in which we can all aspire to contemplate like gods. As an interim statement of aim, though, one must respect Marx. But was he a philosopher? |
112 | Most people are readier to submit to compulsion than to argument [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: Most people are readier to submit to compulsion and punishment than to argument and fine ideals. | |
From: Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1180a05) | |
A reaction: How perceptively pessimistic. We must hope that the picture has changed now that we have fairly universal education. Some people may submit to argument, but NOT to fine ideals. |