Top 25 Quotes by Carroll Quigley of 62 - Page 3

To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain.

To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain.

Southern Italy, Spain, Influence

The social sciences are usually concerned with groups of persons rather than individual persons. The behavior of individuals, being free, is unpredictable.

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Being Free, Groups, Behavior

Carroll Quigley (1979). “The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis”, Liberty Fund Inc.

Each individual in a society is a nexus where innumerable relationships of this character intersect.

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Character, Individual, Nexus

Carroll Quigley (1979). “The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis”, Liberty Fund Inc.

The West believes that man and the universe are both complex and that the apparently discordant parts of each can be put into a reasonably workable arrangement with a little good will, patience, and experimentation.

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Believe, Men, Littles

Carroll Quigley (1966). “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time”, New York : Macmillan [c1966]

Western civilization presents one of the most difficult tasks for historical analysis, because it is not yet finished, because we are a part of it and lack perspective, and because it presents considerable variation from our pattern of historical change.

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Civilization, Perspective, Historical

Carroll Quigley (1979). “The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis”, Liberty Fund Inc.

The instrument of expansion of Classical civilization was a social organization, slavery.

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Civilization, Organization, Expansion

"The Evolution of Civilizations". Book by Carroll Quigley, Second Edition 1979, Chapter 9, Classical Civilization, p. 270, 1961.

A society is a group whose members have more relationships with one another then they do with outsiders.

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Groups, Outsiders, Members

Capitalism might be defined, if we wish to be scientific, as a form of economic organization motivated by the pursuit of profit within a price structure.

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Organization, Wish, Might

Carroll Quigley (1979). “The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis”, Liberty Fund Inc.

The process by which civilization, as an abstract entity distinct from the societies in which it is embodied, dies or is reborn is a very significant one.

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Civilization, Significant, Abstract

"The Evolution of Civilizations". Book by Carroll Quigley, Second Edition 1979, Chapter 8, Canaanite and Minooan Civilizations, p. 266, 1961.

The problem of meaning today is the problem of how the diverse and superficially self-contradictory experiences of men can be put into a consistent picture that will provide contemporary man with a convincing basis from which to live and to act.

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Men, Self, Today

"Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time". Book by Carroll Quigley, p. 1278, 1966.

The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain.

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Failure, Spain, West