Top 25 Medieval Quotes of 30 - Page 2

Economics, we learn in the history of thought, only became a science by escaping from the casuistry and moralizing of medieval thought.

Economics, we learn in the history of thought, only became a science by escaping from the casuistry and moralizing of medieval thought.

Kenneth E. Boulding

Escaping, Medieval, Economics

"Economics As A Moral Science" by Kenneth E. Boulding, in "American Economic Review", 59 (1), (p. 12), March 1969.

I've always been interested in a lot of the medieval art portraying people being tormented.

Jack Larson

Art, People, Medieval

Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology.

Ian Hacking

Opinion, Medieval, Companion

Ian Hacking (2006). “The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas about Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference”, p.55, Cambridge University Press

I listen to a lot of medieval music.

Grimes

Medieval

There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.

George R. R. Martin

Kings, Example, Medieval

"‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George R. R. Martin Answers Fans’ Questions Live" by Amy Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.

You have people chopping off heads of Christians and others. Not since medieval times has anyone seen anything like this.

Donald Trump

Christian, People, Medieval

Source: townhall.com

If all were equalized by death, as the medieval idea constantly emphasized, was it not possible that inequalities on earth were contrary to the will of God?

Barbara Tuchman

Ideas, Earth, Medieval

"A Distant Mirror". Book by Barbara Tuchman, p. 375, 1978.

The 'gallows' are not only a symbol of death, but also a symbol of cruelty, terror and irreverence for life; the common denominator of primitive savagery, medieval fanaticism and modern totalitarianism.

Arthur Koestler

Irreverence, Common, Medieval

Faith in the possibility of science, generated antecedently to the development of modern scientific theory, is an unconscious derivative from medieval theology.

Alfred North Whitehead

Development, Derivatives, Medieval

Alfred North Whitehead (1997). “Science and the Modern World”, p.13, Simon and Schuster