"Simplicity is the end result of long, hard work; not the starting point."
— Frederick Maitland
"If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer." — Hannah Arendt
"Tradition orders the past, hands it down, interprets it, omits, selects, and emphasizes according to a system of pre-established beliefs. Tradition is a mental construct and as such always subject to critical examination." Hannah Arendt, 1969
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. —DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Our concepts structure what we perceive, how we get around in the world, and how we relate to other people. Our conceptual system thus plays a central role in defining our everyday realities. If we are right in suggesting that our conceptual system is largely metaphorical, then the way we think, what we experience, and what we do every day is very much a matter of metaphor.
