When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.

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The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

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If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar.

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Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.

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The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.

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It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.

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Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

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I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it.

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The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.

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Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or created to treat it as such.

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