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
To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time. Gregory Bateson adjectiveadvisableattribute Change image and share on social
It is, I claim, nonsense to say that it does not matter which individual man acted as the nucleus for the change. It is precisely this that makes history unpredictable into the future. Gregory Bateson actchangeclaim Change image and share on social
Logic is a poor model of cause and effect. Gregory Bateson effectlogicmodel Change image and share on social
Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it. Gregory Bateson factfearhasten 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
Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. Gregory Bateson deserteducationforest Change image and share on social
It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist. Gregory Bateson anthropologistdevotefifty Change image and share on social
There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong. Gregory Bateson energyexplainexplanation Change image and share on social
