"A major danger in using highly abstractive methods in political philosophy is that one will succeed merely in generalizing one's own local prejudices and repackaging them as demands of reason. The study of history can help to counteract this natural human bias."

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Source : "Outside Ethics". Book by Raymond Geuss, 2005.

Raymond Geuss

#Philosophy Quotes #Political Quotes #Prejudice Quotes

“My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.”
“I'ma forgive all the people that took my kindness as weakness. I'ma forgive anyone who never hit me back. I'ma forgive all ya'll. I won't forget.”
“What gets measured gets done, what gets measured and fed back gets done well, what gets rewarded gets repeated”
“Do your homework and stand your ground.”
“I really want to be a rock star.”
“those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness.”
“Be willing to make bold decisions and be willing to make glorious mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, but you've got to be willing to make them first.”
“I think to be a rich and successful person in Roman society would be pretty fabulous. They had all of the comforts we want now - central heating, baths, medicine. If I could choose not to indulge in all the things they did I don't agree with, then I could be perfectly comfortable without a mobile phone, computer or anything.”

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