"The way forward does not lie in amateur and comically timeless linguistic sociology which takes 'forms of life ' for granted (and this is what philosophy has been recently), but in the systematic study of forms of life which does not take them for granted at all. It hardly matters whether such an inquiry is called philosophy or sociology."

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Source : Director of the Center for the Study of Nationalism Ernest Gellner, Ernest Gellner (2004). “The Devil in Modern Philosophy”, p.33, Routledge

Ernest Gellner

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“Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.”

Source : Joseph Butler (2012). “Five Sermons”, p.31, Simon and Schuster
“Induction makes you feel guilty for getting something out of nothing, and it is artificial, but it is one of the greatest ideas of civilization.”
“California can and does furnish the best bad things that are obtainable in America.”

Source : Hinton Rowan Helper (1855). “The Land of Gold: Reality Versus Fiction”, p.68
“Starbucks has kept me in the ministry.”
“I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.”

Source : Arthur Miller (2015). “The Crucible”, p.155, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Education is understanding relationships.”
“Anybody who knows how to make a good movie, knows that it's a collaborative undertaking. To deny that its really dangerous.”

Source : "Steve Martin and Claire Danes". Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 19, 2005.
“I think that romance sort of coincides with effort, so you can fall flat on your face, but as long as you're making a great effort, I think it comes off as romantic. So it can be something as simple as, like, if you're someone who doesn't cook, you can make a meal.”

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