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“Statements of fact are after all statements, which presumes a number of questionable judgements: that those statements are worth making, perhaps more worth making than certain others, that I am the sort of person entitled to make them and perhaps able to guarantee their truth, that you are the kind of person worth making them to, that something useful is accomplished by making them, and so on.”

Book:Literary Theory: An Introduction

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Literary Theory: An Introduction

This book serves as an introductory resource for understanding the various theories and methodologies that shape the study of literature. It covers key concepts such as structuralism, postmodernism, and deconstruction, offering insights into the analysis of literary texts and their cultural contexts. more

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Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton is a renowned British literary critic, known for his research on Marxist literary theory. His work spans a wide range of literary and theoretical topics, influencing cultural studies and political commentary as well. more

“All of our descriptive statements move within an often invisible network of value-categories, and indeed without such categories we would have nothing to say to each other at all. It is not just as though we have something called factual knowledge which may then be distorted by particular interests and judgements, although this is certainly possible; it is also that without particular interests we would have no knowledge at all, because we would not see the point of bothering to get to know anything. Interests are constitutive of our knowledge, not merely prejudices which imperil it. The claim that knowledge should be 'value-free' is itself a value-judgement.”

Facts Knowledge Power Value

Book:Literary Theory: An Introduction

Source: Literary Theory: An Introduction

“One of chief pieces of advice I give to aspiring rationalists is "Don't try to be clever." And, "Listen to those quiet, nagging doubts." If you don't know, you don't know what you don't know, you don't know how much you don't know, and you don't know how much you needed to know.”

Philosophy Rationality

Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky

“Not that anybody cares two pins about history in these days.We've got rid of history; history is all my eye. But I've got to tell you the facts.”

Facts History

Book:The Cavalier's Cup

Source: The Cavalier's Cup

“لاتعرف قيمة امك وعظمتها فى حياتك الا عندما تتزوج”