The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.

Winifred Holtby

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Topic

Meaning of life

Speaker

Winifred Holtby

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Holtby, Winifred. Quoted in Testament of Friendship: The Story of Winifred Holtby, written by Vera Brittain. Macmillan & Co., 1940.

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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Topic
Nature of power

Author

Simone Weil
Language
French
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud, 1940.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." Simone Weil: An Anthology, translated by Sian Miles. Grove Press, 2000.

Another quote from 1940

We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages. The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds. We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significances as we do, largely because we are parties to an agreement that holds throughout our speech community and is codified in the patterns of our language.

Benjamin Lee Whorf

Science and Linguistics

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Topic
Language and thought Language

Author

Benjamin Lee Whorf
Source
Science and Linguistics MIT Technology Review
Medium
Essay Magazine
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Whorf, Benjamin Lee. "Science and Linguistics." MIT Technology Review, Apr. 1940.