George Combe

They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense.

American Educator

Jamie Hyneman

Miles Flannery - he's a beast. Very talented, but a brute. He's one of three guys who help us keep the shop maintained, help us set up on location and assist in building something if time is short.

American Entertainer

Mahatma Gandhi

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

Indian Leader

Oscar Wilde

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

Irish Poet

Stephen Baker

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.

American Athlete

Jean Giraudoux

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.

French Dramatist

Thomas Hobbes

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.

English Philosopher

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Roman Statesman

Dante Alighieri

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Italian Poet

Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish Writer

Implies strongly negative behavior; often used to describe unusually aggressive or unfair actions.

Negative Connotation

Highlights extreme physical force or strength, usually more than necessary.

Physical Intensity

When labeling a person as a 'brute', it suggests they lack civilization or refinement.

Harsh Personification

Carries a moral judgment, not just describing actions but also implying bad character.

Moral Judgment

Used to draw a clear line between humans and animals, often in philosophical or scientific contexts.

Human vs Animal

Emphasizes that animals operate on instinct, without the complex emotions or morals humans have.

Impersonal Nature

References instinctive or natural behavior in animals, devoid of learned human manners.

Instinctual Behavior

Suggests a lack of sophistication or subtlety in behavior, be it human or animal.

Less Refined

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 to be living but that's not right you could be a random fluctuation out of the nothingness why aren't you more homework assignment for you so like I said I don't actually know the answer I'm going to give you my favorite scenario either it's just like that there is no explanation this is a brute fact about

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 You could be a random fluctuation out of the nothingness. Why aren't you? More homework assignment for you. So like I said, I don't actually know the answer. I'm going to give you my favorite scenario. Either it's just like that. There is no explanation. This is a brute fact about the universe

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 feel the brick you have to feel the wall you have to feel the mortar that sticks the bricks together you have to feel it all brick laying is it's a skill it's an art it takes finesse it's not a matter of brute force so in those early days NGOs driven by the numbers they would

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 I'm not going to lie, it's always a rush getting access to these clandestine worlds. The cocaine pit, the starting point for such a storied black market trade ranks up there. But as the reporter high wears off, I realize that the whole process boils down to brute labor

How Coca Leaves Become...

 And China's president has promised that within the next three years, those last tens of millions will have been raised up above that threshold. So it's a miracle, actually, in our lifetime. Hard to believe. But brute facts are even harder to ignore.

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 because mass surveillance creates a prison in the mind that is a much more subtle though much more effective means of fostering compliance with social norms or with social orthodoxy, much more effective than brute force could ever be.

Glenn Greenwald: Why...

 some of the strongest animals on the planet species that not only have remarkable power but strength enough to be a match for any predator within their own environments all animals across the world have strengths whether it be brute

South Africa's Strongest...

 the world's most popular sports instead of a ring an eight sided cage what looks like a collision of brute force is actually a display of strategy anatomy and conditioning fighters compete in weight classes with

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 and by education in ritual, literature, and history. A person cultivated in this way works to help others, guiding them by moral inspiration rather than brute force. To put his philosophy into practice,