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Zaleski, Philip.

As Bacon's rule of repeatable experiment took hold, the new credo became, "I measure, therefore I am."  Quantity replaced quality as the test of truth.

"The Flattened Cosmos,"

In:  Parabola, (IX:1; Winter, 1984), p. 82.

BACON, ROGER; EXPERIMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; QUALITY; QUANTITY; TRUTH

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Zelazny, Roger.

The trouble with you people in anthropology, for all your talk of cultural relativism, is that the very act of evaluation automatically makes you feel superior to whatever you are / evaluating, and you evaluate everything.

Doorways in the Sand.  (PM211, Avon, 1977, 1978), pp. 185-186.

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURES; EVALUATION &: ANALYSIS; JUDGEMENT; RELATIVISM; SUPERIORITY

20061228

Each of you colors reality in keeping with your means of controlling it.  For if it is uncontrollable, you fear it.

Spoken by Morningstar;

(Compare with Anthony Stevens, STEVEAAC16c.)

Jack of Shadows.  (PM312, NAL/Signet, 1989, 1971), p. 105.

COLORING; CONTROL; FEAR; INTERPRETATIONS; REALITY, CONTROL OF

20070725

That's life:  Trust and you're betrayed; don't trust and you betray yourself.

Knight of Shadows (HN054, 1989), p. 63.

TRUST; SUSPICION; LIFE - DEFINITIONS; BETRAYALS

19890000

I can't convince someone else of the existence of a version of reality that is temporarily my subjective vision.  But I know that I am stable.

Roadmarks (PM256, Del Rey, 1980), p. 155.

ARGUMENTS; REALITY; SANITY; STABILITY; SUBJECTIVITY

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Zengetsu.

A person may appear a fool and yet not be one.  He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully.

"No Attachment to Dust",

in:  Reps, Paul.  Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (PK040, ), p. 66.

TRUST; SUSPICION; LIFE - DEFINITIONS; BETRAYALS

19890000

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