Danh ngôn của Terry Eagleton
Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.
Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.
Sự hoài nghi và ngây thơ nằm cạnh nhau trong trí tưởng tượng của người Mỹ; nếu Hoa Kỳ là một trong những quốc gia dễ mua chuộc nhất trên Trái đất, thì đó cũng là một trong những quốc gia có lý tưởng tha thiết nhất.
Tác giả: Terry Eagleton | Chuyên mục: Imagination | Sứ mệnh: [3]
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- The role of the intellectual, so it is said, is to speak truth to power. Noam Chomsky has dismissed this pious tag on two grounds. For one thing, power knows the truth already; it is just busy trying to conceal it. For another, it is not those in power who need the truth, but those they oppress.
- The study of history and philosophy, accompanied by some acquaintance with art and literature, should be for lawyers and engineers as well as for those who study in arts faculties.
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- It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere.
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Các câu danh ngôn khác của cùng chuyên mục: Imagination
- But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me.
- I do believe the aura of the Olympics is the greatest platform for sport and when one achieves success there it is sure to fire up the imagination of the youth.
- Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities.
- Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
- This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.