“When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.” PhilosophyRealityCriticismPhilosophicalAppearanceLiterary Criticism Author:Mason Cooley
“Every philosophical review ought to be a philosophy of reviews at the same time.” PhilosophyTimeOughtCriticismPhilosophicalReviews Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“In elaborating how "philosophy by showing" works, and in defending the idea that literature and music can contribute to philosophical "showing", I am also doing something more standardly philosophical. But I view most of the book as an interweaving of philosophy and literary criticism. If that entails a broadening of a standard idea of philosophy, it's a broadening I'd like to see happen.” IfsBookIdeasPhilosophyHappensLiteratureViewsStandardsCriticismPhilosophicalLiterary CriticismLiterature And Music Author:Philip Kitcher
“I like a lot of hardcore, but it's just a genre about which I don't have much to say. It's kind of a thing where, unless you're active in the hardcore community, what could you have to say of value about it? It resists criticism because it's not just a style but an entrance into several different worlds of ideas- political, philosophical, societal. The music is really only part of the whole scene. In that sense, the music doesn't change much because it shouldn't: It needs to be there as a signal that you're entering into a certain discursive mode, maybe.” WorldKindDifferentPoliticalValuesCommunityStyleSceneMusic IsCriticismPhilosophicalHardcore Author:John Darnielle
“I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.” PowerfulCreativityWiseCreationFindingsHumorousCriticismPhilosophicalFaultsWittyCriticizeFamous Motivational Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“On the road halfway between faith and criticism stands the inn of reason. Reason is faith in what can be understood without faith, but it's still a faith, since to understand presupposes that there's something understandable.” StillsReasonUnderstoodCriticismPhilosophicalHalfwayInns Book:The Book of Disquiet Source: The Book of Disquiet
“If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.” IfsLoveLyingEvilLaughingCriticismHatredPhilosophicalCriticsBeing TrueTrue FriendWise Man Once SaidCorrectingGreek PhilosopherDefamation Author:Epictetus