Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 19. Oktober 1895 |
Geburtsort | Flushing, New York, U.S. |
Todesort | Amenia_(town),_New_York |
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Beschreibung | Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a writer. Mumford made signal contributions to social philosophy, American literary and cultural history and the history of technology. He was influenced by the work of Scottish theorist Sir Patrick Geddes and worked closely with his associate the British sociologist Victor Branford. Mumford was also a contemporary and friend of Frank Lloyd Wright, Clarence Stein, Frederic Osborn, Edmund N. Bacon, and Vannevar Bush. |
Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten.
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.
A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.
Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.
Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.
Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.
The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.
