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This means that the mistake must be at the root, at the very basis of human thinking in the past centuries. I refer to the prevailing Western view of the world which was first born during the Renaissance and found its political expression from the period of the Enlightenment. It became the basis for government and social science and could be defined as rationalistic humanism or humanistic authonomy: the proclaimed and enforced autonomy of man from any higher froce above him. It could also be called anthropocentricity, with man seen as the center of everything that exists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'A World Split Apart' | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...finest right-handed pitcher ever to play for the Crimson. They'd laugh at his running ability if he tried to operate the Wishbone offense at Oklahoma. They wouldn't laugh at his quick sophisticated humor in Tuscaloosa. He's articulate, open-minded, zany, and dedicated without having to refer every five seconds to "his Maker." Larry Brown is the Harvard athlete...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Here's Looking at Ya, Brownie | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

...rather than just that possibility. (Hope springs eternal, they say.) Likewise, another amendment authorized research into and experimentatin with a strictly regulated by-pass system--again, no promises were made, and the final decision was granted to the Core committees. Politicians call this type of maneuver "coalition-building"; others refer to it as "buck-passing." Either way, it worked...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Farewell to Gen Ed | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...Detailed expense notations were found in a Red Brigades hideout in Rome that police say was used by the Moro hit team. The notes refer to airline flights made to Vienna and four German cities by someone using the code name Fritz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The German Connection | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

...sweeping 33% reduction in federal personal income taxes over a three-year period. Kemp argues that the cut would be such a spur to the nation's production that the Federal Government would soon recover much of the revenues lost by the cut -a prospect that critics sneeringly refer to as a "free lunch." Under Kemp's prodding, many G.O.P. candidates are seizing on the issue; this fall the Republican National Committee plans to fly Kemp and the bill's cosponsor, Senator William Roth of Delaware, to various parts of the country to dramatize what they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Money for the Middle Class | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

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