Australian Philosopher Quotations

In the act of perception there are accordingly these two things, the mind engaged in a certain act, and the thing called the tree which is not mental.

As we realise that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest.

I might well have written a different book in some respects had I been writing it now. But I wouldn't really go back on things I had said.

Thus we have to recognize that a thing as perceived contains besides sensory elements other elements present to the mind only in ideal form.

Some of the things that I'm trying to do are to strengthen those other forces, and give them a better chance of having some influence.

It is a different and independent thing, and the character of the mental act only determines how much of the object is apprehended and in what form.

So the compromise itself is within ethics rather than between competing ethics, and I think that's true in geo-political concerns.

It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite.

I would just like to get him to think about these things; whether what's happening in Iraq is promoting the culture of life. The worry is that he is so certain that he know where he's going to lead the country.

Then I think the sense of it being one community breaks down; but if you know instantly and respond within twenty-four hours, it's a very different sort of situation.