If we pursue this matter further, we shall be told that the stable object is unchanging under the impact or stress of some particular external or internal variable or, perhaps, that it resists the passage of time. Gregory Bateson externalimpactinternal share on social
A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms. Gregory Bateson answerdifficultyform Change image and share on social
We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. Gregory Bateson futureleadpresent Change image and share on social
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. Gregory Bateson artbasecommerce Change image and share on social
Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. Gregory Bateson accurateconceivablycount Change image and share on social
Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived. Gregory Bateson depriveexperiencefall Change image and share on social
Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family. Gregory Bateson familymemberreligious Change image and share on social
Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause. Gregory Bateson effectlogicprecede Change image and share on social
But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing? Gregory Bateson answerepistemologyexplorer Change image and share on social
