These quotes are what I’m considering to lead into the chapters.
Introduction
“The man who struggles to find his place may find his place in struggles. In the struggle man will come to know himself, his place, and that place of struggle within humanity.”
-Antonio Garcia
On competition beyond survival
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
-Aristotle
The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.
-Noam Chomsky
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
-Andrew Young
The landscape of power
Between man and other animals there are various differences, some intellectual, some emotional. One of the chief emotional differences is that some human desires, unlike those of animals, are essentially boundless and incapable of complete satisfaction.
-Bertrand Russell in Power
The process, path, and experiment of humanity
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.
-Noam Chomsky
Critical thought is a tool (chapter name not definite)
“If you desire to build a house you will need tools. If you desire to tear it down you will need tools for that as well. Without the tools to construct and deconstruct you are left with only seeing what you hope could be, is, or not be”
-Antonio Garcia
