Ugh! I tried every synonym of "inferior" I could think of, but couldn't come up with the right word. And came so close to insanity trying to get that one. :p
May it possible, to accept "I came, I saw, I won". That is another legit translation and a little bit easier for people, who having to translate the quotations into english first,
It literally means "I was victorious" (or I won); however, since Caeser conquered damn near everything he saw, the given translation is more in line with his reputation.
"The misery of religion is at once an expression of real misery, and a cry of protest against real misery. Religion is the sigh of an oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, as it is the spirit of spiritless conditions. It is the opiate of the people. To get rid of religion, which is an illusionary bliss of the people, is demanding real bliss. Telling them to abandon their illusions about their condition is telling them to give up conditions that require illusions."
So the difference between "opiate for the people" (as it is often quoted) and "opiate of the people" is important. "opiate for the people" would mean that religion is forced upon the masses to keep them ignorant. But what Marx means is that in such dire conditions, the majority of people can't help but cling to fantasies that make them a little happier.
I've read that the most likely source for the insanity quote is Rita Mae Brown, and since I like her books, I'm gonna believe that. She's clever enough to have said that.
Not suggesting it be changed (because the "single step" version is so ingrained now), but a more accurate translation of the Laozi quote would be, "A journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one's feet." The sentiment is slightly different: rather than suggesting that momentous accomplishments begin with simple actions, it's saying that momentous accomplishments start from where/what you already are.
I think Ferbin is talking about the fact that it is pretty well known now that Edison stole other people's inventions or paid them off for the patents and presented them as his own.
2nd time I have done this quiz (not recently though ; ) ) and second time I couldnt get the Einstein quote correct haha (and the bottom 4) I tried things like stupidity (:D)
Original quote was "brioche," and was published before Marie Antoinette arrived in France. I think maybe it should be considered. (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake )
Spelled enigma with an i 🤦♀️ I was so confident that was the right answer and was racking my brain for similar words. Didn't even consider I was misspelling it
There are so many real quotes by Einstein to use a false one. Unless the quiz maker is doing it as an attempt to to stop people repeating it, in which case I'm all for it.
I feel like believing in a god or deity rules you out from the modern conception of atheism? If you're talking about the 18th century, when 'atheist' was sometimes used to refer to anyone who wasn't a part of the predominant Christian sect, then maybe. But given the vocal atheism/materialism of Voltaire's contemporaries, like Diderot, in contrast to him (especially since Voltaire explicitly said he believed in a higher power), it feels like the deism-atheism distinction is important here.
“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind” is frequently attributed to M. K. Gandhi. The Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence states that the Gandhi family believes it is an authentic Gandhi quotation, but no example of its use by the Indian leader has ever been discovered.
The YBQ notes that an important biographer of Gandhi, Louis Fischer, used a version of the expression when he wrote about Gandhi’s approach to conflict. However, Fischer did not attribute the saying to Gandhi in his description of the leader’s life. Instead, Fischer used the expression himself as part of his explanation of Gandhi’s philosophy. QI thinks some readers may have been confused and may have decided to directly attribute the saying to Gandhi based on a misreading of Fischer’s works.
created man from dust. Man invents things from other
things already existing. In this sense, I believe invent
was used in the sense that man would "conjure" Him.
-Abraham Lincoln
"God didn't exist, so it was necessary to invent him."
“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind” is frequently attributed to M. K. Gandhi. The Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence states that the Gandhi family believes it is an authentic Gandhi quotation, but no example of its use by the Indian leader has ever been discovered.
The YBQ notes that an important biographer of Gandhi, Louis Fischer, used a version of the expression when he wrote about Gandhi’s approach to conflict. However, Fischer did not attribute the saying to Gandhi in his description of the leader’s life. Instead, Fischer used the expression himself as part of his explanation of Gandhi’s philosophy. QI thinks some readers may have been confused and may have decided to directly attribute the saying to Gandhi based on a misreading of Fischer’s works.