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Letter "C" » compulsion
«For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.»
«A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.»
Author: Albert Schweitzer
(Missionary, Musician, Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
assist, assisted, assisting, assists, compulsion, ethical, injuring, obeys, shrinks
«Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society»
Author: Karl Marx
(Philosopher)
| About:
Health
| Keywords:
capital, compulsion, laborer, length, reckless
«Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile»
«All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, desire.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Action,
Chance
| Keywords:
Cause of action, compulsion, compulsions, human action, seven
«If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.»
«Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
compulsion, compulsions, conformity, pressure, uncivilized, undemocratic
«A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
| Keywords:
Acts, compelled, compulsion, compulsions, necessity, see to it, voluntary
«Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
acquired, bodily, compulsion, compulsions, compulsory, exercise, harm, hold on, obtains
«Give you a reason on compulsion! If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
blackberry, compulsion, compulsions, plentiful
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