Quote by Irving Babbitt
Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity – the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power. – Irving Babbitt

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We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration. – Irving Babbitt

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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. – Irving Babbitt

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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology. – Irving Babbitt

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Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. – G. I. Gurdjieff

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So Id be quite happy to have a three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Barack Obama. Id let him use a teleprompter. Ill just rely on knowledge. Well do fine. – Newt Gingrich

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I think its wrong that so many people pass on from this existence, and take all their knowledge with them. – Rex Hunt

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The deductive method is the mode of using knowledge, and the inductive method the mode of acquiring it. – Henry Mayhew

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Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about. – Johann Lamont

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