"The word " philosophy " carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird."

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Source : Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.6, Oxford University Press

Simon Blackburn

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“I think mathematics is a vast territory. The outskirts of mathematics are the outskirts of mathematical civilization. There are certain subjects that people learn about and gather together. Then there is a sort of inevitable development in those fields. You get to the point where a certain theorem is bound to be proved, independent of any particular individual, because it is just in the path of development.”
“I just love the idea of witches, in general. The whole concept of witches was to keep down the feminine rise in power that was happening, at the time. They created this concept of witches, so that they could burn women at the stake and keep them in their place, and now we've turned it around to empower women. That's very ironic. If they only knew that they created a weapon for us to use against them.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct.”

Source : Penelope Fitzgerald (1978). “The Bookshop”, p.100, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The thumb does not have very a important role when shifting from one position to another. There is too much said, as it seems to me, about importance of the thumb... The thumb must lightly touch the neck and follow the forefinger when moving in different positions, aiding the hand to shift up and down without clutching the instrument.”
“Freedom is a muscle...you have to exercise it.”
“Clearly, the left-wing groups want to use this carbon theme as a tool for wealth redistribution.”

Source : "Poland rejects global carbon communism". motls.blogspot.ru. October 04, 2009.
“Love is like a friendship caught on fire.”
“If a politician isn't doing it to his wife , then he's doing it to his country.”

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