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the utopian social hope which sprang up in nineteenth-century Europe is still the noblest imaginative creation of which we have record. - Richard Rorty Quotes

the utopian social hope which sprang up in nineteenth-century Europe is still the noblest imaginative creation of which we have record.

Solidarity is not discovered by reflection, but created. It is created by increasing our senstivity to the particular details of the pain and humiliation of other, unfamiliar sorts of people. Such increased sensitivity makes it more difficult to marginialize people different from ourselves by thinking, 'They do not feel as WE would,' or 'There must always be suffering, so why not let THEM suffer?' - Richard Rorty Quotes

Solidarity is not discovered by reflection, but created. It is created by increasing our senstivity to the particular details of the pain and humiliation of other, unfamiliar sorts of people. Such increased sensitivity makes it more difficult to marginialize people different from ourselves by thinking, 'They do not feel as WE would,' or 'There must always be suffering, so why not let THEM suffer?'

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends. - Richard Rorty Quotes

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

American Philosopher

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics. - Richard Rorty Quotes

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

American Philosopher

The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that. - Richard Rorty Quotes

The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.

American Philosopher Language

The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial. - Richard Rorty Quotes

The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial.

American Philosopher Ideas

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves. - Richard Rorty Quotes

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

American Philosopher

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way. - Richard Rorty Quotes

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.

American Philosopher

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