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Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in trad

Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition. It constitutes that fundamental human characteristic of historicity. – Medard Boss

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When we visualize something, we establish a relationship to the thing itself, not to some mere subjective representation of it inside us. – Medard Boss

Category:
Perception
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Medard Boss
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The borders of my bodyhood coincide with those of my openness to the world. They are in fact at any given time identical, though they are always changing with the fluid expansion and contraction of my relationships to the world. – Medard Boss

Category:
Understanding
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer. – W. Somerset Maugham

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People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things. – Richard Buckminster Fuller

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Tradition

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it. – Alexander Herzen

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Tradition

What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else? – Eric Hoffer

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