“So the experience I have of my everyday work environment is of a conformist, claustrophobic and repressive verbal universe, a penitential domain of reason-mongering in which hyperactivity in detail—the endlessly repeated shouts of “why,” the rebuttals, calls for “evidence,” qualifications and quibbles—stands in stark contrast to the immobility and self-referentiality of the structure as a whole. I suffer from recurrent bouts of nausea in the face of this densely woven tissue of “arguments,” most of which are nothing but blinds for something else altogether, generally something unsavory; and I feel an urgent need to exit from it altogether.” PhilosophyWorkExitConformism Book:A World without Why Source: A World without Why
“The Kantian philosophy is no more than at best a half-secularized version of such a theocratic ethics, with "Reason" in the place of God. This does not amount to much more than a change of names.” DoeReasonPhilosophyNamesHalfAmountEthicsVersions Book:Outside Ethics Source: Outside Ethics
“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.” HumansReasonPhilosophyHelpingPoliticalNaturalStudyDangerSucceedDemandMajorsPrejudiceMethodLocalsBiasPolitical Philosophy Author:Raymond Geuss
“Can one understand politics without understanding history, especially the history of political thought, and will this distinguish political philosophy from some other kinds of philosophy (such as, perhaps, logic) to which the study of history is not integral?” KindPhilosophyPoliticalUnderstandingStudyLogicPolitical Philosophy Book:Philosophy and Real Politics Source: Philosophy and Real Politics
“One way ... in which a political philosophy can be ideological is by presenting a relatively marginal issue as if it were central and essential.” IfsWayPhilosophyPoliticalIssuesEssentialsOne WayPolitical PhilosophyIdeologicalPresenting Book:Philosophy and Real Politics Source: Philosophy and Real Politics
