Heinlein, Robert A. -- Glory Road, ch. 2 [Rufo] (1963)

Dave — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:25:19 +0000

Any social organization does well enough if it isn’t rigid. The framework doesn’t matter as long as there is enough looseness to permit that one man in a multitude to display his genius. Most so-called social scientists seem to think that organization is everything. It is almost nothing — except when it is a straitjacket. It is the incidence of heroes that counts, not the pattern of zeros.

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) American writer
Glory Road, ch. 2 [Rufo] (1963)
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Frye, Northrop -- The Educated Imagination, Talk 2 “The Singing School” (1963)

Dave — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:43:23 +0000

No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn’t yet become distinguished from other aspects of life: it’s still embedded in religion, magic and social ceremonies.

Northrop Frye (1912-1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
The Educated Imagination, Talk 2 “The Singing School” (1963)
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Heinlein, Robert A. -- Glory Road, ch. 2 [Rufo] (1963)

Frye, Northrop -- The Educated Imagination, Talk 2 “The Singing School” (1963)